In a world of NBA Super teams, one man won against all odds.
Ever since LeBron James took his talents to South Beach in 2010, N.B.A. super teams have become the new norm. A super team refers to the best players in the league teaming up to secure a championship.
All that changed in recent days with the Milwaukee Bucks winning the championship. Giannis Antetokounmpo put together one of the greatest performances in NBA finals history, to secure a 4-2 victory over the Phoenix Suns.
Antetokounmpo also ranks as the first NBA Finals MVP to have also won the league’s Most Improved Player Award.
Giannis score 50 points and 14 rebounds in game 6.
He called out other players for winning the “easy way” in recent times.
“It’s easy to go somewhere and win a championship with somebody else … this is the hard way to do and we did it.”
ANTETOKOUNPMO SAID AFTER THE WIN.
James Harden, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving all left their respective teams to chase glory. Giannis stayed.
The comments may have not necessarily been a dig at his opponents, but it sure came off that way.
The two-time M.V.P. could’ve signed with a team that already had another superstar, in place to give himself the best chance to win a championship.
Instead, he stuck around in a small market and prevailed to win the Finals M.V.P. and lead the Bucks to their first championship in 50 years.
Antetokounmpo was the 15th pick in the 2013 NBA out of Greece, where he played at Filathlitikos.
Him and his brothers are of Nigerian decent, with a strong basketball background.
The Greek superstar was true to his word and now has the highest form of glory to show for it.
The NBA could be entering a new era, with the new Finals MVP and the centre of it.
