Giannis Sina Ugo Antetokounmpo was born on Adetokunbo; December 6,1994 and is a Greek-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association.
81 Facts About Giannis Antetokounmpo
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Giannis Antetokounmpo is widely regarded as one of the greatest power forwards and one of the greatest European players of all time.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo received the Most Improved Player award in 2017.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo has received seven All-Star selections, including being selected as an All-Star captain in 2019,2020 and 2023 as he led the Eastern Conference in voting in these three years.
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One of the most decorated players in NBA history, Giannis Antetokounmpo won consecutive NBA Most Valuable Player Awards in 2019 and 2020, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and LeBron James as the only players in NBA history to win two MVPs before turning 26.
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In 2021, Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks to their first NBA championship since 1971 and was named Finals MVP.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo Sina Ugo Adetokunbo was born in Athens, Greece, on December 6,1994, the son of immigrants from Nigeria.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo's father had been a soccer player in Nigeria, while his mother was a high jumper.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo was eventually issued Greek citizenship on May 9,2013, less than two months before the 2013 NBA Draft.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo holds Nigerian citizenship, having received his Nigerian passport in 2015, and as such possesses dual citizenship.
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In December 2012, a few days after turning 18, Giannis Antetokounmpo signed a four-year deal with Spanish club CAI Zaragoza, reportedly including NBA buyouts after each season.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo was selected by the coaches as a special participant in the 2013 Greek League All-Star Game.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo fulfilled his draft projections as a first-round pick by being selected 15th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo averaged 6.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.8 steals, and 0.8 blocks in 77 appearances during his rookie season.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo scored in double figures 23 times and grabbed at least 10 rebounds twice, with both efforts resulting in double-doubles.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo finished the season with 61 total blocks, which led all NBA rookies, and was the seventh-most by a Bucks rookie in franchise history.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo was selected to participate in the Rising Stars Challenge at NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans, where he tallied nine points, two rebounds, and two assists in 17 minutes.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo later competed in the 2015 NBA Slam Dunk Contest at NBA All-Star Weekend in New York.
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On September 19,2016, Giannis Antetokounmpo agreed to a four-year, $100 million contract extension with the Bucks.
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On January 19, Giannis Antetokounmpo was named a starter on the Eastern Conference All-Star team for the 2017 NBA All-Star Game.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo became the first player in NBA history to finish in the top 20 in the league in each of the five major categories in a regular season.
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The Bucks went on to lose Game 6 three days later despite a 34-point effort from Giannis Antetokounmpo, ending their season.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo averaged almost 27 points during the season, earning his second straight All-Star nomination and All-NBA selection, and broke Kareem Abdul Jabbar's franchise record for triple-doubles.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo's game-winning tip-in in Game 4 equalized the series at two games a piece.
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At the 2019 NBA Awards end-of-season night, Giannis Antetokounmpo was named the league's Most Valuable Player.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the second Bucks player to win MVP and became the third youngest player to win the MVP over the previous 40 seasons, behind Derrick Rose and LeBron James.
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On January 23,2020, Giannis Antetokounmpo was named an All-Star Game captain, alongside James, for the second consecutive year.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo missed most of Game 4 after re-injuring his right ankle which he twisted in Game 3.
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Milwaukee won the game, but Giannis Antetokounmpo was out for Game 5, when the Bucks were eliminated.
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On September 18,2020, Giannis Antetokounmpo won his second consecutive Most Valuable Player award.
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On December 15,2020, Giannis Antetokounmpo re-signed with the Bucks, coming to terms on a 5-year, $228 million extension, the largest in league history.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks to a seven-game series win over the Brooklyn Nets in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, where Giannis Antetokounmpo averaged 31.9 points, 12.9 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game.
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On June 29,2021, Giannis Antetokounmpo suffered an injury to his left knee during the third quarter of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Atlanta Hawks after slamming into Clint Capela and landing awkwardly, resulting in a gruesome hyperextension.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo was ruled out for both Games 5 and 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals as a result of the knee injury.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo returned in time for the finals against the resurgent Phoenix Suns.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo then registered back-to-back games with at least 40 points and 10 rebounds in a Game 2 loss and a Game 3 victory, joining Shaquille O'Neal in 2000 as the only players to reach those numbers in consecutive Finals games.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo joined Jordan, O'Neal, and James as the only players to put up at least 40 points in back-to-back Finals games in the previous 50 years.
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In Game 6, Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded 50 points, 14 rebounds and 5 blocks as the Bucks clinched their first championship in 50 years.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo posted series averages of 35.2 points, 13.2 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.2 steals, and 1.8 blocks, and was named NBA Finals MVP by a unanimous vote.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo joined Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon as the only players to have won the MVP, Finals MVP, and Defensive Player of the Year awards during the span of their careers.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the career-leading scorer in Bucks franchise history.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo's record-setting 3-pointer forced overtime, and he made two free throws in the final seconds to seal the victory for the Bucks.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo finished the regular season with a career-high 29.9 points, 11.6 rebounds, and 5.8 assists to become the first player in NBA history to average 25 points or more, 10-plus rebounds, and five assists or more in four separate seasons.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most playoff points in Bucks franchise history.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo became the first player in NBA history to have 200 points, 100 rebounds, and 50 assists in a playoff series, averaging 33.9 points, 14.7 rebounds, and 7.1 assists against Boston.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo finished the postseason by averaging 31.7 points, 14.2 rebounds and 6.8 assists across the 12 playoff games his Milwaukee Bucks played.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo became the first player in club history to earn six All-NBA team honors, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Sidney Moncrief for the most in franchise history.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo went 8 of 13 from the foul line to increase his total to 3,508 free throws eclipsing Sidney Moncrief, who made 3,505 free throws with the Bucks, to become the franchise career free throws leader.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo joined Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor as the only players in NBA history with back-to-back games of at least 40 points, 20 rebounds and 5 assists.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo tied John Havlicek and Draymond Green for 15th place on the NBA's all-time triple-double list.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo became the first player to total 200+ points, 80+ rebounds, and 30+ assists over a 5-game span since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1972.
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On January 23, Giannis Antetokounmpo was named the Eastern Conference captain for the 2023 NBA All-Star Game, which marked his seventh overall selection.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo shot 20-of-26 from the field, 3-of-4 from three, 7-of-12 from the free throw line.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only players in Bucks history to have at least three 50-point games in a season.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo played in his franchise-record 712th game, surpassing Junior Bridgeman.
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In Game 1, Giannis Antetokounmpo suffered a lower back contusion that ruled him out for the remainder of Game 1, as well as the next two games.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo represented Greece for the first time in July 2013 with the Greek Under-20 national team at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo finished the tournament ranked second in defensive rebounds and seventh in blocked shots.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo again joined the Greek national team for EuroBasket 2015.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo finished the tournament with three double-doubles, and a career-high 17 rebounds against Spain, leading his team in rebounds for the tournament.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo played with Greece at the 2016 Turin FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, where he averaged 15.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 0.7 steals, and 2.0 blocks per game in 3 games played.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo played with Greece during their preparation phase for the EuroBasket 2017.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 20 points in a prep game against Montenegro.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo represented Greece at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, where he became the first reigning NBA MVP to play in a World Cup.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo averaged 14.8 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 2.4 steals, and 0.6 blocks per game, in 5 games played.
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In September, Giannis Antetokounmpo played in the EuroBasket 2022 with Greece, his second of such tournament.
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Greece was eliminated by Germany in the quarter-finals, in a game in which Giannis Antetokounmpo had 31 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists but was ejected after two unsportsmanlike fouls.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo finished the tournament as the leading scorer and was selected to the All-Tournament Team.
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From 2014 to 2022, Giannis Antetokounmpo played with the senior men's Greek national team in 29 official games, in major FIBA tournaments.
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Highly athletic and versatile, Giannis Antetokounmpo is often recognized as one of the best all-around players in the NBA, and many analysts have declared him "positionless" and as embodying the future of the league.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo is recognized as an elite defensive player, capable of guarding all five positions but more often deployed in a "free safety" role that allows him to roam the paint and discourage attacks on the rim.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo is a proficient shot-blocker and has developed a reputation for blocking opponents in transition.
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In September 2022, Giannis Antetokounmpo joined as an executive producer for National Geographic's documentary The Flagmakers, which focuses on the large population of immigrant employees working at an American flag factory.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo's father, Charles, was a Nigerian football player, while his mother, Veronica, is a former high jumper.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo wears the number 34 in honor of his parents, who were born in 1963 and 1964.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo has two older brothers, Francis and Thanasis, as well as two younger brothers, Kostas and Alex.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo is a Christian and was raised in the Greek Orthodox Church.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo was baptized in the Greek Orthodox Church along with his brother Alex on October 28,2012.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo went on to win the 2020 NBA Championship with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo gave birth to a second son, Maverick, in August 2021, and announced a third pregnancy in May 2023.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo holds a passion for soccer, being a supporter of Italian football club Inter Milan.