Milwaukee Bucks: Giannis Antetokounmpo Can Be Best In The World

Mar 9, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) during the game against the Miami Heat at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Milwaukee won 114-108. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 9, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) during the game against the Miami Heat at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Milwaukee won 114-108. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 23, 2015; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) dunks the ball in the second quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports /

Mean Streak

As previously alluded to, Giannis Antetokounmpo can do it all. He has elite defensive potential, positional versatility, is capable of facilitating, and is even a productive rebounder who can produce on both ends.

The final piece to the puzzle is the startling reality that Antetokounmpo isn’t like the countless phenoms who are afraid of their own potential.

Antetokounmpo is a ferocious competitor who wants to beat and embarrass opponents. He has no problem getting physical on defense, fights through contact on offense, and simply wants to win.

You can’t teach tenacity and Antetokounmpo has it in spades.

Oddly enough, the hardest thing to find in basketball circles is a big player who isn’t afraid to use their size to their advantage. Big men want to play like guards in the modern era, and many even preferred a finesse game in the 1990s.

Antetokounmpo has the size, length, and strength of a big man, the explosiveness of a point guard, and the mean streak of a champion.

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Absolutely nothing is guaranteed in the NBA, but Giannis Antetokounmpo has the raw tools to one day become the best player in the world.