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Position: F-G
Born: 12/06/94
Height: 6-11 / 2.11
Weight:242 lbs. / 109.8 kg.
Salary: $25,842,697
Born: 12/06/94
Height: 6-11 / 2.11
Weight:242 lbs. / 109.8 kg.
Salary: $25,842,697
Giannis Antetokounmpo regrets headbutting Moe Wagner
“Terrible action,” Antetokounmpo said. “If I could go back, turn back time and go back to that play, I wouldn’t do it. But at the end of the day, we’re all human, we all make mistakes. I think I’ve done a great job all year, in my career at keeping my composure and focus on the game, but at the end of the day, we’re human and make mistakes. But at the end of the day, you learn from it, keep playing good basketball and keep moving forward.”
Eric Nehm: “Usually, I just try to stay focused. Finish the game. Don’t do something stupid, but you know there’s always times that you’re in the zone. You just like, you don’t think. It might take a second or two that you don’t think and you do something, something dumb.” –
Matt Velazquez: I asked Giannis what it was that had him so frustrated with Wagner. He said: “I don’t think I was frustrated with Wagner. I think it was just the whole, like, buildup of dirty plays in my mind, you know, guys tripping me, guys falling in front of my feet, holding me, hitting me.”
“This is nothing. Giannis has been dealing with this for a long time,” Budenholzer said. “He’s a MVP. People are gonna try him. He normally is phenomenal, and today was a slip-up. I think it’s probably, in some ways, it could be one of the best things that happened today, and it’s a learning moment. We’ll all remember how important it is that we’ve got to keep our cool.”
Bleacher Report: Giannis headbutt Mo Wagner
Eric Nehm: Flagrant 2 on Giannis Antetokounmpo for the headbutt. He has been ejected from tonight’s game.
Bradley Beal: We head butting? FOH
StatMuse: Most 30-point games in the bubble: 5 — Devin Booker 4 — TJ Warren 4 — Giannis pic.twitter.com/suyV9KzzTJ
Disney started working on its upcoming ‘Greek Freak’ movie, showcasing the life and early career of NBA player Giannis Antetokounmpo and his brother Thanasis in late 2019, and now the production company proceeds with turning the idea into reality as it’s actively casting for its protagonists.
FantasyLabs NBA: Giannis Antetokounmpo (tooth) listed out Monday.
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“Giannis is an MVP, he’s a hell of a player-it’s like almost impossible to stop him and we did a great job, especially Maxi, Dodo,” said Doncic. “They were on him. It’s tough to stop him; but we work hard, we trust each other, and just keep going and going.”
By the time it was over, Doncic had unleashed a couple of step-back 3s, orchestrated a beautiful two-man game with Kristaps Porzingis, and perhaps most jaw-dropping of all, dropped a between-the-legs pass to Max Kleber in traffic for an easy slam and one before polishing off the game with a contested runner in the lane. He finished with 36 points, 14 rebounds and 19 assists (a career-high), with only two turnovers. “He’s one of the most talented guys I’ve ever played against,” Antetokpounmpo said after the game. “He’s making the whole team better, and he’s going to keep getting better.”
Antetokounmpo, LeBron and Harden are the MVP finalists
Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo, four-time winner LeBron James and 2018 MVP James Harden headline the list of finalists for the NBA’s six major individual awards, all of which were announced Saturday afternoon. Antetokounmpo, James and Harden were the three finalists for MVP, with the finalists for each of the six awards — MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Most Improved Player and Coach of the Year — being determined based off voting results from a panel of sports writers and broadcasters from across the globe.
After pausing, and then listing the five teams behind Milwaukee in the standings — Toronto, Boston, Miami, Indiana and Philadelphia — the NBA’s reigning and presumptive Most Valuable Player made his choice for who has the best chance of stopping the Bucks: Themselves. “I think the biggest challenge for us is ourselves,” Antetokounmpo said. “How are we going to play? How hard are we going to play? Are we going to play for one another? Are we going to defend hard? Are we going to be able to rebound the ball? Are we going to be able to make the extra effort? Are we going to dive on the floor? “It’s all about us. It’s all about us.”
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Giannis Antetokounmpo very likely to win MVP, DPOY
If you thought this vote was going to be close based on LeBron James‘ run before the league’s stoppage, think twice. Per our poll, Giannis Antetokounmpo will be the near-consensus MVP after improving his scoring, rebounding and three-point percentage numbers from a season ago. By securing back-to-back MVP awards, Antetokounmpo will join Stephen Curry, LeBron James, Steve Nash, Tim Duncan, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Moses Malone, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell as the only NBA players to do so.
Similarly to the MVP category, Giannis Antetokounmpo won the Defensive Player of the Year vote in a landslide over Rudy Gobert.
Austin Rivers on Giannis Antetokounmpo and James Harden: They don’t say a word to each other. They don’t they don’t talk any trash to each other. They don’t. They don’t say anything. So it’s not like to the point where you’d be like, Man, these guys really hate each other. I think they both respect each other a lot. They just won’t admit it because they’re both so competitive. (…) I think James is so competitive, that he just doesn’t like somebody that’s also getting MVP. And I think it’s the same way Giannis.
Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo is embarking on his investing career. The NBA’s reigning Most Valuable Player is taking an ownership stake in Ready Nutrition, marking the first time “The Greek Freak,” as he’s known, has invested in a brand, Sportico has learned. The 25-year-old Antetokounmpo, who has been using Ready Water product the past two years, will have an undisclosed ownership stake and creative input across the company. He’ll also have an exclusive endorsement and community role with the Ready Water brand and other sports nutrition products, which include protein snacks and powder as well as energy drinks.
Giannis Antetokounmpo: I know you are in Heaven proud and smiling down! Happy Birthday Daddy.
While watching Sunday night’s box-office affair between the Houston Rockets and Milwaukee Bucks, perhaps the saying speaks more to the mental exercise of what it takes to play defense and get stops. “Heart and will,” James Harden said. “Everybody says we’re undersized — and they got a couple of offensive rebounds on us just cause they have 7-footers and whatnot — but you gotta just keep fighting, keep fighting. Once we get that ball, we’re out, so it just takes good spirit, fighting and making sure we’re communicating defensively and in our right positions.”
“We loaded up,” House explained. “We talked. The most important thing was to stop him before he got downhill, of course. We did a good job about locating him before he could get the ball or even after he got the ball to make sure that we were on the help side and that guys were already communicating with one another. That’s been a big help and a big factor for us — communication on defense. So we don’t have those “my bad” moments.” “Very important,” Harden added on their late-game defense. “I think throughout the course of the game we played some really good defense. Obviously, they’re a really good offensive team, but throughout the course of the game we got stops when we needed to.”
Marc Stein: Today’s clinching scenarios in the NBA: Dallas seals a playoff berth with a win or a Memphis loss Milwaukee secures the East’s No. 1 seed with a win
This very thing, patience and seeing the floor, is something Korver once told me Giannis has begun to develop in earnest this season. Whereas before, Giannis would use each and every opportunity as a chance to destroy a rim and maybe knock over a few bodies in the process, there is more of a methodical pace to the 25-year-old’s game now. Giannis explained it. “Just back him down easily without hitting him with my elbow, because I know he’s going to try to reach or he’s going to try to flop,” he said. “So I just go slowly, slowly, slowly, if nobody comes, I know that I’m close enough to the rim to go up and score, but usually the situation is always there’s help coming. So when I’m backing him down, I’m looking at where the help is coming from, and then my teammates are doing a good job cutting so there’s always going to be someone wide open.”
Justin Kubatko: Giannis Antetokounmpo now has 25 career games in which he’s recorded at least 30 points, 15 rebounds, and five assists, breaking a tie with Larry Bird for the second-most such games since the ABA-NBA merger. Charles Barkley is first with 32. Giannis is only 25 years old 😲
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Matt Velazquez: Informed of Marcus Smart’s postgame comments about Giannis staying in the game because the refs didn’t want him to foul out, Giannis said that’s his opinion and then went on to praise Smart and speak at length about how much he respects him and his game.
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For Giannis Antetokounmpo, attacking the paint is now a science. The Milwaukee Bucks superstar was in MVP form early during his first game of the NBA restart, as his Statue of Liberty dunk highlighted the first quarter. “Right in between the half-court and the 3-point line, I can take two steps and dunk,” Antetokounmpo said after Milwaukee’s 119-112 victory over the Boston Celtics.
Chris Forsberg: 🦌 Bucks 119 ☘️ Celtics 112 📈 Kemba Walker: 16 PTS, 19 MIN. Looked spry 🧊 Jayson Tatum: 5 PTS, 2-17 FG. One “make” was by Bucks 🇬🇷 Giannis: 36 PTS, 14-20 FG, 15 REB. Fouled out overturned on review
Milwaukee Bucks star and reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo feels that he is at around 70-75 percent of his strength ahead of the resumption of the season. “If I had to give a percentage, I’d probably I’m 100 percent excited to play but I always feel that I can get better… so I’m around 70 percent, 75,” Giannis said in a zoom call.
The 22 teams participating in the season restart feature 89 international players from 34 countries and territories, including the record eight international 2020 NBA All-Stars: Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks; Greece), Luka Dončić (Dallas Mavericks; Slovenia), Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2011), Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz; France), Nikola Jokić (Denver Nuggets; Serbia), Domantas Sabonis (Indiana Pacers; Lithuania)*, Pascal Siakam (Toronto Raptors; Cameroon; BWB Africa 2012) and Ben Simmons (76ers; Australia).
A Greek official responsible for educating refugees was fired on Friday for making racist comments about Greek professional basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo, whose parents emigrated from Nigeria to the country. Konstantinos Kalemis, the coordinator for refugee education in the Malakassa camp north of Athens, called Antetokounmpo a “monkey” on Twitter after the NBA Most Valuable Player denounced racism in Greek society.
Education Minister Niki Kerameus on Friday ordered the immediate dismissal of the refugee education coordinator at the Malakasa migrant camp, north of Athens, over a tweet in which he described Greek-Nigerian NBA star Giannis Antentokounmpo as a “monkey” in an expletive-ridden post. “We unequivocally condemn the posts of racist and highly offensive content by the professor in question,” Kerameus said. “Such behavior has no place in our education system.”
Matt Velazquez: Giannis, after talking to the media, gets on a knee and cleans off the seat for Brook Lopez. “My guy, that’s incredible right there,” says Lopez, who called him the Most Valuable Teammate.
