The Phoenix Suns are rightly never going to be considered as a serious landing spot for Giannis Antetokounmpo, although that hasn't stopped baseless rumors from hitting the internet.
You would think that an inability to show up for team flights on time would be something the Suns should look past if they were to somehow land Giannis.
You would be oh so painfully wrong.
Tardiness of Giannis would be slap in the face to culture Suns are building
Current teammate Myles Turner was speaking to Breanna Stewart on their "Game Recognize Game with Stewie and Myles" podcast recently, and he revealed that Giannis is always late for team flights.
Myles Turner said Doc didn't fine Bucks players for being late to ANYTHING 😳 pic.twitter.com/QvXFUyDWIR
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Turner didn't seem annoyed by this, and when you're the franchise in the way that the Greek superstar is, you can kind of do whatever you want.
But putting my European hat on for a second (even though we don't call ourselves that, please don't call us that...) and it is hard not to be a little disappointed here. One of the key differences between non-American stars such as Giannis, Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic was how they never asked out of a situation and also didn't mind what market they played in.
Only Antetokounmpo has been flirting with leaving Milwaukee for years now, and not showing up on time is a blatant lack of respect for your teammates and coaches.
That is the exact kind of nonsense you never see from Devin Booker, who after watching the Suns fumble the last few years would have every reason to be annoyed at the direction the franchise was headed.
He could show up late for a plane ride and nobody realistically is going to care, at least not initially, but Booker is not about that life. Showing up on time when you're paid incredibly well should be the base level of requirement, not holding everybody else up just because you can.
The Suns are quietly building the right culture around Booker, Dillon Brooks and head coach Jordan Ott.
Obviously having him in The Valley would make the Suns a better team, but at what cost?
If he's not going to take seriously the time and effort of everybody else around him, who are not getting paid or treated like him either, then that is not the kind of character you want when building a winner.
Which is a shame, because Giannis never came across as that guy. Firm stay away for Phoenix.
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