Jrue Holiday has also missed time, while Donte DiVincenzo hasn’t suited up this year as he recovers from ankle surgery. Middleton has played six games, while Lopez has appeared in one. The Bucks have been without starter Khris Middleton (COVID-19) and Brook Lopez (back). Through 14 games, they are 6-8 and sit outside the playoff picture in the Eastern Conference. Record-wise, the Bucks are off to a disappointing start to the 2021-22 season. Watch the full vid here: /DKkgfnMFgd- GQ Magazine November 16, 2021 goes undercover on the internet for #GQActuallyMe If there’s a player out there that you guys think I should compare myself with, you guys let me know.” Antetokounmpo and the Bucks hanging tough despite slew of injuries “To compare myself to one player, I don’t really know. I try to take a little bit of every player.
“A little bit of KG (Kevin Garnett), having that edge, that toughness, that mental toughness where nothing can break you. A little bit of Magic (Johnson), being able to come down the court, go coast to coast and find teammates and put teammates in the right spot. “The dominance, the getting in the paint. “I’d say a little bit of Shaq,” he continued. “I don’t know,” he said before putting the right mix of players together to create a comparable player. One fan asked him what past NBA player would be the best comparison to himself. In an episode of Actually Me, put out by GQ, Antetokounmpo went undercover and answered multiple questions from fans on various platforms. Giannis Antetokounmpo cites the perfect mix of players who would make up the Greek Freak He’s combined his size and athletic ability to put together consecutive MVP seasons and helped guide the Bucks to their first NBA title since 1971 when they defeated the Phoenix Suns in six games last season. “He told me, ‘The kid is still growing, and I don’t think he’s done,'” Hammond said.īy the end of the year, the Greek Freak was 6-foot-11. Then the team trainer delivered some news to Hammond during midseason of Antetokounmpo’s rookie year. “When we first drafted Giannis, we measured him at 6-foot-8½,” former Bucks GM John Hammond said, per ESPN in 2016. He’s a solid 240-plus pounds of agility that makes him a difficult matchup with any opponent.Ĭhosen with the 15th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, Antetokounmpo was a skinny kid from Greece who worked hard and eventually grew into his current 6-foot-11 frame. It’s not often you’ll see a 6-foot-11 star bringing the ball up the court as a point guard, but Antetokounmpo has done that. Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks reacts after being charged with his fifth foul as he fouled John Collins of the Atlanta Hawks during the second half at State Farm Arena on November 14, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia.
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