Giannis Antetokounmpo couldn't stop complimenting players he was supposed to be insulting on 'The Daily Show'

• Giannis Antetokounmpo was a guest on "The Daily Show" on Monday night.
• Guest host Hasan Minhaj tried to get Antetokounmpo to talk trash his fellow NBA stars.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of the greatest basketball players alive.

As a two-time MVP and the leader of the 2021 Bucks championship team, Antetokounmpo has proven everything there is to prove on the basketball court.

But despite his successes, there are still some weak spots in his game — most notably, his trash talk.

Giannis is simply too nice to successfully trash talk his competition.

On "The Daily Show" on Monday, guest host Hasan Minhaj attempted to get Antetokounmpo to come out against his fellow NBA superstars by scripting some trash talk for him. Minhaj had taken specific issue with Giannis deferring to Warriors star Stephen Curry as the best player alive.

"This whole being nice to everybody else in the league, Giannis, they're going head-hunting for you," Minhaj said. "You think those guys want to be nice to you?"

With that, Minhaj handed the camera and prompter over to Giannis, who did his best to roast several other All-Stars from around the league.

"Listen, Luka, even though you're running with Kyrie, and you have him on your team, I'm coming for you guys," Antetokounmpo began, but bailed before the insults really started flying.

"I can't say this," Antetokounmpo said after reading ahead on the prompter.

Minhaj and the crowd egged him on, but Minhaj had to step in to complete the roast:

"Whassup Luka? Even though you're running with Kyrie, the scouting report is out on you. You've got sausage arms and cankles. For a dude from Slovenia you sure look like a dude from Alabama."

Giannis gave it another try against Nikola Jokic.

"Joker, how you going to make it through the Finals when you look like you can barely make it through a Burger King drive thru," Antetokounmpo said.

But instead of letting the burn stand, Antetokounmpo jumped in to save himself, explaining, "Jokic, I love your game."

Minhaj jeered Giannis for his politeness, and the two bantered back and forth through the same dynamic with Kevin Durant in their crosshairs. But Giannis just continued to heap praise on the competition.

"You keep joining super-teams to win an NBA title. How about we work out together some time so I can teach you how to carry your own team?" Antetokounmpo said.

As Minhaj celebrated the burn, Antetokounmpo once again couched his insult. "KD, you're one of the best scorers to ever play this game," he said. "I respect your game. You've led by example for 15 years. You were my favorite player growing up and I respect your game."

"I hate this," Minhaj chided. "Entertain me."

You can watch an extended cut of Antetokounmpo's entire appearance on "The Daily Show" here.