To be included in the NBA 75th Anniversary Team at the age of 26 is something incredible. That’s what Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo accomplished. It was very much deserved given how he dominated the league leading to that event.
The Greek Freak has won everything there is to win for an NBA player. NBA title, season MVPS, Finals MVP, Most Improved, and even Defensive Player of the Year. To some, they think their legacy has been cemented after all this. Not to Giannis.
The two-time MVP doesn’t just want to be in the 75 most historic NBA players of all time. He wants to be among the greatest.
“Like I think every—every basketball player, every athlete like start the career and then like have this quest, like what they want to accomplish and what they—what to be remembered for,” he said in an interview with, Hoopshype.
“And I think in this point, I’ve—you know—accomplished everything that I’ve put my mind to. But now I just want more.
What is that “more”? It’s something every Milwaukee fans want, too.
“Like I—I want to win another championship. I want to win another medal for the national team. Because legacy is very important for me.”
Can Giannis add another title this year? Critics think he has a shot on MVP but when it comes to his team, they are not that sold.
Giannis Antetokounmpo in all time great rankings
Lebron James, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, and Bill Russell. These are the guys that are consistently in the Top 5 of many rankings made by various sports publication. It is mostly because of the number of titles they have won.
Antetokounmpo has a tall task if he wants to get to where they are.
Bleacher Report got him at #24 in a ranking they released in July this year. New York Times put him on the same spot.
Hoops Hype got him higher at #22 while CBS Sports got him at #7 on the list of the best players of 21st century.
Some of his fans thought the ranking was bogus as he is ranked lower than the likes of Kevin Garnett and even Dirk Nowitzki who got less accolades than him.
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