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Additionally, he led the NBA in field objective percentage permitted at the rim (minutes. 100 FGA safeguarded) and field goal percentage allowed as the closest defender (minutes. 500 FGA protected), according to Second Spectrum.
Eric WoodyardESPN
Milwaukee Bucks super star Giannis Antetokounmpo has actually won his second consecutive NBA MVP award, sources told ESPNs Adrian Wojnarowski.
Antetokounmpo signs up with Stephen Curry, LeBron James, Steve Nash, Tim Duncan, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Moses Malone, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell as back-to-back MVPs.
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Antetokounmpo joins Jordan (1987-88 season) and Hakeem Olajuwon (1993-94 season) as the only players to win the MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards in the same season.
2 RelatedStanding in front of thousands of adoring fans at a downtown rally in Milwaukee last July, the Bucks superstar nicely inquired for a favor.
” Please, after this day dont call me MVP until I win it once again next year,” he asked.
Although Milwaukee fell short of a title, he went back to average 29.5 points, 13.6 rebounds and 5.6 assists this season.
Antetokounmpo has a decision to make in the offseason about signing an extension with Milwaukee or getting in the 2020-21 season in the final year of his agreement, making him eligible for free company in 2021.
Throughout a three-hour lunch meeting last week in Milwaukee, Bucks co-owner and governor Marc Lasry made it clear to Antetokounmpo that the franchise wants to invest into the luxury tax to deliver him a champion supporting cast, sources informed ESPN.
Regardless of finishing with the finest record during the routine season, Milwaukee stopped working to reach the Finals after losing in five games to the Miami Heat during the Eastern Conference semifinals. It was a frustrating surface to an extraordinary season, Antetokounmpo posted a 31.9 player performance ranking– which was the highest in a season in NBA history, per ESPN Stats & & Information research.
In addition, he led the NBA in basket percentage permitted at the rim (minutes. 100 FGA protected) and field goal percentage enabled as the closest protector (min. 500 FGA safeguarded), according to Second Spectrum.
” At the end of the day, weve got to learn from everything that goes on in your life and in your career,” Antetokounmpo said following the Game 5 loss, which he missed with an ankle sprain. “Hopefully we can find out from this and improve as a team and return and ideally we can build a culture in Milwaukee for lots of years, that we can come out here and contend every year for a championship.”
