Giannis Antetokounmpo Greece

Giannis antetokounmpo is the pride of a greece that shunned him as the son of african immigrants antetokounmpo was unwelcome in athens.

Giannis antetokounmpo greece. Greek from greece café cuisine is partnering with 2019 nba mvp and all star giannis antetokounmpo and his family to bring greek cuisine and culture to america. It kind of feels like giannis antetokounmpo got a nickname right out of the gate because of the difficulty in spelling and pronouncing his actual name. Basketball giannis antetokounmpo was honored as the nba s defensive player of the year on tuesday capping a season in which the greek freak anchored the league s no. Greece finished the tournament in fifth place with an 8 2 record 2012 13.

However giannis is greek and he s a. 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. Known to professional basketball fans as the greek freak for his combination of ball handling skills size and speed antetokounmpo was born in athens greece to nigerian parents. The performance was also the 13th time in the greek freak s career regular season or playoffs.

Played in 26 games for filathlitikos ao a2 second division and averaged 9 5 points 5 0 rebounds and 1 4 assists shot 62 1 from 2 point field goal range selected to play in the greek league all star game and scored 8 points grabbed a season high 10. Born in greece to nigerian parents antetokounmpo began playing basketball for the youth teams of filathlitikos in athens.