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Giannis Antetokounmpo
Antetokounmpo with the Bucks in 2018
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Position
| Power forward
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Small forward
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League
| NBA
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Born
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1994-12-06
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December 6, 1994
(age 29)
Athens
, Greece
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Nationality
| Greek
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Listed height
| 213 cm (7 ft 0 in)
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Listed weight
| 110 kg (243 lb)
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NBA draft
| 2013
/ Round: 1 / Pick: 15th overall
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Selected by the
Milwaukee Bucks
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Playing career
| 2012?present
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2012?2013
| Filathlitikos
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2013
?present
| Milwaukee Bucks
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2021 NBA Champion
2021 Finals MVP
2021 Defensive Player of the Year
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Stats
at NBA.com
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Stats
at Basketball-Reference.com
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Giannis Sina Ougko Ugo Antetokounmpo
(born December 6, 1994) is a
Greek
professional
basketball
player for the
Milwaukee Bucks
of the
National Basketball Association
(NBA). 213 cm (7 ft 0 in), Antetokounmpo's combination of size, speed and ball-handling skills led to his nickname the "
Greek Freak
". He is the 2019 NBA Most Valuable Player.
Born in Greece to
Nigerian
parents, Antetokounmpo began playing basketball for the youth teams of
Filathlitikos
in
Athens
. In 2011 he began playing for the club's senior team. He declared himself eligible for the NBA Draft in 2013 and was selected 15th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks.
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 total points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks (although totals are not the statistics used to determine league leaders, in which case the stat is not true; and several players have completed seasons with higher average ranks among the five statistics, such as
Michael Jordan
in 1987-88 and 1988-89).
[1]
He received the
Most Improved Player
award in 2017. He has received three
All-Star
selections, and led the
Eastern Conference
in voting in 2019. He was named
NBA Most Valuable Player
(MVP) in June 2019.