![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Giannis-Antetokounmpo-min.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Giannis Antetokounmpo and his girlfriend Mariah Danae Riddlesprigger took to Twitter on Monday to announce the birth of Liam Charles Antetokounmpo. As a result, Antetokounmpo didn’t play on Monday’s 123-111 win against the Kings. Last year
\nThe Greek Freak became the first player to win the NBA MVP award after being named Most
\nImproved Player.<\/p>\n
For the second straight year Giannis will be a team captain in the NBA All-Star game against a
\nsquad led by LeBron James. <\/p>\n
The game takes place on Sunday at 8:00 PM ET. Team Giannis consists of The Greek Freak,
\nJoel Embiid, Pascal Siakam, Kemba Walker, Trae Young, Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler, Rudy
\nGobert, Brandon Ingram, Kyle Lowry, Khris Middleton and Donovan Mitchell.<\/p>\n
Team LeBron, on the other hand, features James, Anthony Davis, Luka Doncic, James Harden,
\nKawhi Leonard, Nikola Jokic, Damian Lillard, Chris Paul, Domantas Sabonis, Ben Simmons,
\nJayson Tatum and Russell Westbrook.<\/p>\n
Why Giannis Antetokounmpo Should Be the 2020 NBA MVP<\/strong><\/p>\n Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is in line to win his second straight NBA The Bucks have the best record in the NBA but Antetokounmpo as an individual has been even Giannis\u2019 Numbers in 2018-19<\/strong><\/p>\n Antetokounmpo finished the 2018-19 regular season averaging 27.7 points, 12.5 rebounds and Giannis\u2019 MVP Case<\/strong><\/p>\n This season he\u2019s averaging 30.0 points (2nd in the NBA), 13.5 rebounds (5th), 5.8 assists, 1.1 Giannis Antetokounmpo is the best player on the best team. This is something that the NBA
\nMVP award.<\/p>\n
\nbetter. All aspects of his game are either pretty good or elite, except for his 3-point shot.
\nAlthough he is shooting 31.3 percent from beyond the arc this season, which is the second-best
\npercentage of his career, only behind 34.7 percent in his rookie season in 2013-14.
\nSelected with the 15th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, The Greek Freak has improved faster
\nthan expected. Antetokounmpo went to his first All-Star game in 2016-17 and he was named the
\ncaptain of his team in his third All-Star appearance.<\/p>\n
\n5.9 assists in 32.8 minutes over 72 games. He became the only player in NBA history to
\naverage over 29.0 points, 13.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists per 36 minutes. Doing something that
\nno one\u2019s ever done helped Antetokounmpo get MVP support.
\nAntetokounmpo\u2019s regular season was incredible. The Greek Freak led the Bucks to the best
\nrecord in the league at 60-22 and his team secured home court advantage throughout the
\nplayoffs.<\/p>\n
\nblocks and 1.1 steals in 30.9 minutes over 48 games. The Bucks go as Giannis goes and this
\nteam is built to make sure he can play in more space and be surrounded by knockdown
\nshooters. This way he can attack the paint at will and choose between scoring himself or
\npassing the ball to the many shooters around him.
\nDefenses can\u2019t seem to stop Antetokounmpo, they can try to force the ball out of his hands but
\nhe\u2019s also such a solid playmaker that his teammates benefit from those skills.<\/p>\n
\nusually rewards and this MVP award still feels like it is more Antetokounmpo\u2019s to lose than it is
\nanyone else\u2019s to win. He checks all the boxes to be named NBA MVP once again: his team is
\nsuccessful, he has incredible individual statistics, impact as a two-way player and popularity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Giannis Antetokounmpo and his girlfriend Mariah Danae Riddlesprigger took to Twitter on Monday to announce the birth of Liam Charles Antetokounmpo. As a result, Antetokounmpo didn’t play on Monday’s 123-111 win against the Kings. Last year The Greek Freak became the first player to win the NBA MVP award after being named Most Improved Player. For the second straight year Giannis will be a team captain in the NBA All-Star game against a squad led by LeBron James. The game takes place on Sunday at 8:00 PM ET. Team Giannis consists of The Greek Freak, Joel Embiid, Pascal Siakam, Kemba Walker, Trae Young, Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler, Rudy Gobert, Brandon Ingram, Kyle Lowry, Khris Middleton and Donovan Mitchell. Team LeBron, on the other hand, features James, Anthony Davis, Luka Doncic, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Nikola Jokic, Damian Lillard, Chris Paul, Domantas Sabonis, Ben Simmons, Jayson Tatum and Russell Westbrook. Why Giannis Antetokounmpo Should Be the 2020 NBA MVP Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is in line to win his second straight NBA MVP award. The Bucks have the best record in the NBA but Antetokounmpo as an individual has been even better. All aspects of his game are either","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":103824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1223,1222,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-featured-articles","category-milwaukee-bucks","category-nba"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n