‘Greek Freak’ Giannis Antetokounmpo ended the Milwaukee Bucks 50-year championship drought and Denver Nuggets’ large man Nikola Jokic of Serbia took house MVP honors as worldwide gamers dominated headlines within the 2020-2021 NBA season.
The dynamic Antetokounmpo, who was born in Athens to Nigerian immigrant dad and mom, delivered a 50-point masterpiece in Recreation Six of the Finals to seize the title nL1N2OX06Z that had eluded the Bucks for thus lengthy.
The feat was all of the extra spectacular as a result of it regarded like his season was executed when the towering twice league MVP hyper-extended his left knee within the convention finals.
However he bounced again from the harm and is now a legend in Sepolia, the run-down Athens neighborhood he grew up in. An enormous mural of Giannis dunking a basketball is painted on the court docket the place he and his brothers performed and practised.
Giannis and brother Thanasis, who additionally performs on the Bucks, introduced the Larry O’Brien trophy again to Greece throughout the low season and had been greeted by throngs of followers.
(Reuters)