One of basketball's most decorated players, Antetokounmpo won consecutive NBA Most Valuable Player Awards in 20, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and LeBron James as the only players in NBA history to win two MVPs before turning 26. Antetokounmpo has received six All-Star selections, including being selected as an All-Star captain in 20, as he led the Eastern Conference in voting in these two years. He received the Most Improved Player award in 2017. In 2016–17 he led the Bucks in all five major statistical categories and became the first player in NBA history to finish a regular season in the top 20 in all five statistics of total points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks. In 2011, he began playing for the club's senior team before entering the 2013 NBA draft, where he was selected 15th overall by the Bucks. Antetokounmpo's country of origin, in addition to his size, speed, strength, and ball-handling skills have earned him the nickname " Greek Freak".īorn and raised in Athens to Nigerian immigrants, Antetokounmpo began playing basketball for the youth teams of Filathlitikos in Athens.
Giannis Sina Ugo Antetokounmpo (born Adetokunbo December 6, 1994) is a Greek-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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