Antetokounmpo Highlights!! (Will grow to 7 feet)

[ChuckBros4Life]

What I love is how Brandon Jennings is on Twitter retweeting all the girls that make him their "Man Crush Monday" while Giannis felt guilty over buying a PS4. Such a huge difference in character.

[BuckPack]

The Toronto Raptors "tried frantically" to acquire a top-15 pick in last June's draft in order to select Giannis Antetokounmpo.

John Hammond had decided 72 hours before the draft that the Milwaukee Bucks would select Antetokounmpo if he fell to them at No. 15.

Many NBA executives believed that Antetokounmpo received a promise from the Atlanta Hawks with the 17th overall pick.

On draft night, the Hawks offered the Bucks both their first rounders for Giannis.

[PkrsBcksGphsMqt]

The Toronto Raptors "tried frantically" to acquire a top-15 pick in last June's draft in order to select Giannis Antetokounmpo.

John Hammond had decided 72 hours before the draft that the Milwaukee Bucks would select Antetokounmpo if he fell to them at No. 15.

Many NBA executives believed that Antetokounmpo received a promise from the Atlanta Hawks with the 17th overall pick.

On draft night, the Hawks offered the Bucks both their first rounders for Giannis.

Hammond denying Ferry may make up for every other time Ferry owned him.

[[MIKE C]]

The Toronto Raptors "tried frantically" to acquire a top-15 pick in last June's draft in order to select Giannis Antetokounmpo.

John Hammond had decided 72 hours before the draft that the Milwaukee Bucks would select Antetokounmpo if he fell to them at No. 15.

Many NBA executives believed that Antetokounmpo received a promise from the Atlanta Hawks with the 17th overall pick.

On draft night, the Hawks offered the Bucks both their first rounders for Giannis.

That's awesome. Glad Hammond stuck to his guns and had confidence in the Giannis pick.

[Whiteman]

The Toronto Raptors "tried frantically" to acquire a top-15 pick in last June's draft in order to select Giannis Antetokounmpo.

John Hammond had decided 72 hours before the draft that the Milwaukee Bucks would select Antetokounmpo if he fell to them at No. 15.

Many NBA executives believed that Antetokounmpo received a promise from the Atlanta Hawks with the 17th overall pick.

On draft night, the Hawks offered the Bucks both their first rounders for Giannis.

So Hammond refused to trade #15 for #16 and #17?
I can only imagine this board's reaction if this had been public on draft night
Looks like he made the right choice though.

[PkrsBcksGphsMqt]

On draft night, the Hawks offered the Bucks both their first rounders for Giannis.

So Hammond refused to trade #15 for #16 and #17?
I can only imagine this board's reaction if this had been public on draft night
Looks like he made the right choice though.

Maybe Hammond asked Kohl for permission to do the trade, but since Kohl hates rookies he said no.

[Siefer]

The Toronto Raptors "tried frantically" to acquire a top-15 pick in last June's draft in order to select Giannis Antetokounmpo.

John Hammond had decided 72 hours before the draft that the Milwaukee Bucks would select Antetokounmpo if he fell to them at No. 15.

Many NBA executives believed that Antetokounmpo received a promise from the Atlanta Hawks with the 17th overall pick.

On draft night, the Hawks offered the Bucks both their first rounders for Giannis.

There's plenty to rag on Hammond and company for, but they knocked this one out of the park. Thanks for this.

[MrPerfect1]

If ATL was willing to trade both #1's, I am surprised they didn't try to trade up higher. I mean Minn would have to be insane to prefer have wanted to stay at #14 for Shabazz over the #16 and #17

[destro84]

I also just finished reading Wojo's article on Giannis. As a Kings fan I will be the first to admit I have not been able to watch him much, but nonetheless I will now be committed to cheering this guy on. He seems really humble, grounded, and impressively prioritizes the important aspects his life. You just cannot help but cheer for a guy like that. It seems that the community and ownership are really helping and supportive of this guy. I think its the perfect place for him.

[Thunder Muscle]

On draft night, the Hawks offered the Bucks both their first rounders for Giannis.

So Hammond refused to trade #15 for #16 and #17?
I can only imagine this board's reaction if this had been public on draft night
Looks like he made the right choice though.

Oh my lord it would've been teeeeeeeeeeeeeerrible.

[BuckPack]

If ATL was willing to trade both #1's, I am surprised they didn't try to trade up higher. I mean Minn would have to be insane to prefer have wanted to stay at #14 for Shabazz over the #16 and #17

And that's why it matters when the team picking below you has no idea who you're going to select.

Offer came after we took Giannis.

[LedZepp007]

If ATL was willing to trade both #1's, I am surprised they didn't try to trade up higher. I mean Minn would have to be insane to prefer have wanted to stay at #14 for Shabazz over the #16 and #17

And that's why it matters when the team picking below you has no idea who you're going to select.

Offer came after we took Giannis.

Wow. Actually impressed with Hammond. Of course Hammond had gone out of his way to **** Ferry in the ass since Ferry screwed Hammond over with Josh Smith. But , that ended up working well for us.

[MrPerfect1]

If ATL was willing to trade both #1's, I am surprised they didn't try to trade up higher. I mean Minn would have to be insane to prefer have wanted to stay at #14 for Shabazz over the #16 and #17

And that's why it matters when the team picking below you has no idea who you're going to select.

Offer came after we took Giannis.

Upon further reflection, I wonder if ATL decided to gamble and lost. Maybe ATL knew MIN liked Shabazz and figured they would hope Giannis would fall 1 more spot, in which case they would get their target and keep their other 1st Round Pick. Seems pretty plausible from the ATL perspective to figure that even in a worst case scenario where MIL drafts Giannis, that surely we would trade him for #16 + #17

[WiscSports1]

Never have I been so happy to **** over Danny Ferry. Glad, they hung onto him.

[jakecronus8]

We were a phone call away from Sergei Karasev and Shane Larkin.

Don't even know what to say. Can't imagine my world without Giannis.

[H2tObes]

The outlook on this franchise in Milwaukee becomes incredibly more bleak if we accept that trade. Funny how that works.

[cinemakis]

http://thehoopdoctors.com/online2/2014/ ... 190-a-day/

There isn’t anything about Milwaukee Bucks rookie Giannis Antetokounmpo that won’t leave your heart warm and fuzzy inside.
Yes, this is me, writing sentimental mush, shamelessly enraptured by the charming man-child who is taking the NBA rookie class by storm. And I’m not sorry. Some players, you just appreciate. Some rookies are just different.
Antetokounmpo is both.
Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski penned a spectacular piece on the neophyte brimming with smile-inducing anecdotes. If you’re into simpering uncontrollably, you need to read it. The piece is that insightful.
One of my personal favorite stories pertains to the Playstation 4 Antetokounmpo purchased himself only to sell to Bucks assistant coach Nick Van Exel:
Yes, Giannis sold his PlayStation 4 to Bucks assistant coach Nick Van Exel for the retail price and waited the three months until, finally, his family arrived in the United States to indulge himself in a console again. There are reasons Giannis sets aside most of his $1.7 million rookie salary and tries to live on the $190 daily per diem – including the per diems his veteran teammates sympathetically pass his way. There are reasons those teammates furnished his apartment with hand-me-down furniture. Yes, there are reasons why Giannis, together with his 21-year-old brother, Thanasis, who plays for Delaware in the NBA Development League, sat paralyzed early this season in an upscale Philadelphia restaurant staring at the menus.

If I may say so: Wow.

Living off $190 a day is nothing for NBA players. Hell, I hail from New York and that’s nothing for most people in the city and on Long Island. You don’t hear about players with this much discipline nowadays. You don’t hear about players with this unparalleled humility.
Having never really experienced life with money—as Woj details—the 6’10″ 19-year-old could be blowing through the majority of his nigh-$1.8 million salary. Instead, he’s scrapping and saving, feeling guilty over purchases many of us wouldn’t think twice about.
That’s Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Earlier this season he even took a cab to a Western Union to send as much of his pay check home to his family as he could. Including his cab fare to get from the Western Union to the arena for his game with the Bucks’ that evening. So what does he do? He takes the heel-toe express to the arena to play in an NBA game. Now that is special these days. Not a Lebron James Nike Commerical, but real life.
That’s Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Though his numbers are modest at best—6.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and two assists per game—they don’t do his ceiling justice. We’re bearing witness to what could be a 7’0″ shooting guard folks, who can serve as the primary scorer or playmaker, who could defend four, maybe all five of the positions on the floor.

Antetokounmpo is a raw talent, that’s for sure. But flashes of what happens when his athleticism and work ethic fuses with his improving acumen are seen more frequently, and they’re truly mesmerizing.
Dunk, defend, shoot, pass, score, block shots, force steals, run the floor— Antetokounmpo has the potential to do it all. The fact that he stringently budgets his spending and is inoculated against the cruel, perception-killing nature of elevated status makes him that much easier to like, that much easier to root for. He’s not other players or other prospects. He’s different.
Pleasantly, admirably, likably different.
That’s Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Dan Favale is a firm believer in the three-pointer as well as the notion that defense doesn’t always win championships. His musings can be found at Bleacherreport.com in addition to TheHoopDoctors.com.
Follow @DanFavale

[rockmanslim]

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[LedZepp007]

Here is a photo I took of Giannis, Nate, and Khris earlier this year. One of my favorites from this season.

[rockmanslim]

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