Normally, signing a 33-year-old with a 2.4 career scoring average isn’t very newsworthy. But it’s different when that player’s brother is a two-time NBA MVP. After Thanasis Antetokounmpo missed the entire 2024-25 NBA season with an Achilles tear, the Milwaukee Bucks are bringing back the older brother of Giannis Antetokounmpo on a one-year minimum deal. The elder Antetokounmpo has been a member of the Bucks since the 2019-20 season, where he’s played sporadically, averaging 7.7 minutes and scoring 2.4 points. His real role on the team is to support his younger brother, who has won an MVP trophy, a Defensive Player of the Year Award and an NBA title with his brother on his team. The “Greek Freak” has been close to his brother since they were Nigerian immigrants living in poverty in Athens, Greece, often forced to sell goods like watches and handbags on the streets just to afford food. Perhaps that’s why former teammate Jeff Teague, a member of the Bucks’ championship team in 2021, said on a podcast in 2024 thRead More
Unheralded signing could be secret weapon for Bucks
