In the NBA, Antetokounmpo (Giannis Antetokounmpo) plays as a forward.

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Foreign name: Giannis Antetokounmpo

Alias: The Alphabet (Brother Antetokounmpo)

Birth Place: Athens, Greece

Sports team: Milwaukee Bucks

Giannis Antetokounmpo (Brother Antetokounmpo) was born on December 6, 1994 in Athens, Greece. Professional basketball player who plays as a forward for the NBA Milwaukee Bucks.

He started playing basketball (previously football) in 2008. He initially played as a point guard. He practiced his ball-handling skills an hour before daily training, and then switched to the small forward position.

However, as the current NBA league's playing style becomes faster and faster, the small ball style becomes more and more popular, and modern players themselves become more and more versatile, many players no longer have a single position.

Take Antetokounmpo (Giannis Antetokounmpo) as an example. His orthodox position is small forward, but because of Antetokounmpo’s own versatility, coupled with the team’s tactical arrangements and other factors, He can play from the 1st to the 5th position.

Extended information:

Basketball career of Antetokounmpo (Giannis Antetokounmpo):

In 2012, Antetokounmpo played for Greece B He played for the Spanish Basketball League team Firas Riddix, and then for the Zaragoza 2002 team of the Spanish Basketball League.

In the 2013 NBA draft, Giannis Antetokounmpo was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 15th overall pick in the first round.

On December 19, 2013, in the Bucks' home game against the Knicks, Giannis Antetokounmpo started for the first time in his career.

On June 27, 2017, Giannis Antetokounmpo was selected as the NBA's Most Improved Player in the 2016-17 season, and was also selected to the 2016-17 NBA All-Defensive Team Second Team.

On January 25, 2019, the NBA officially announced that Giannis Antetokounmpo was selected into the Eastern All-Star starting lineup for the 2018-19 season as the top vote-getter in the Eastern Conference.

On January 29, 2019, the NBA officially announced that Giannis Antetokounmpo was selected as the Eastern Conference Player of the Week in Week 15 of the 2018-19 season.

The origin of the nickname "Antetokounmpo":

Giannis Antetokounmpo, because his name has many letters and is difficult to spell, even the Bucks Even DJ can't remember this 13-letter last name.

Originally during a 2013 Bucks-Bobcats game, the Bucks DJ referred to Giannis Antetokounmpo as "the alphabet" , known as "Antetokounmpo" by fans.

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