Alphabet Boy
s full name: Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Giannis Antetokounmpo: born December 6, 1994 in Athens, Greece, is a Greek professional basketball player, 211 centimeters (6 feet, 11 inches) tall, who plays forward and plays for the
Milwaukee Bucks.In the 2013 NBA Draft, Yannis Adetokounmpo was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1st round with the 15th overall pick.On July 30, 2013, the Bucks and Yannis Adetokounmpo officially signed a four-year contract worth $8.61 million, with a team option for the summers of 2015 and 2016.On May 23, 2014, the NBA officially released the 2013-14 season rookie best lineup, the Bucks rookie Yannis Adetokounmpo was named to the second lineup of the best rookie lineup.On September 20, 2016, the Bucks and Yannis Adetokounmpo reached a four-year, $100 million contract extension.
On May 19, 2017, the NBA officially announced the list of the 2016-17 regular season Best XI, Yannis Adetokounmpo was named to the second XI of the 2016-17 NBA Best XI.
On June 27, 2017, Yannis Adetokounmpo was selected as the NBA's Most Improved Player for the 2016-17 season, as well as being named to the second-team of the 2016-17 NBA Best Defensive Lineup.
Giannis Antetokounmpo has been dubbed "The Alphabet" by many of his favorite fans because of the many letters in his name and the difficulty in spelling it.
Character Assessment:
Adetokounmpo is outstandingly athletic and quite a talented ball-handler for his position. Can break through layers of defense, has a habit of attacking the basket on the fast break, excellent passer and can play multiple positions.
Yannis Adetokounmpo is one of those athletic forwards with oddly long arms who has yet to develop his signature skill set; has experience at point guard and is able to start the offense with the ball; and has great defensive potential with the ability to grab rebounds, caps and steals.
NBA Alphabet Brother full name is Yannis Adetokounmpo. Yannis entered the NBA through the draft in 2013, won the second team of the best rookie lineup in the 2013,14 season, 2 times selected to the second team of the NBA best lineup, the second team of the NBA best defensive lineup in the 2016,17 season, the fastest improving player in the NBA in the 2016,17 season, and selected to the NBA all-star lineup 3 times.
Yannis' full name in English is Antetokounmpo, which is made up of 13 letters and is so difficult to pronounce that initially during the 2013 Bucks-Bobcats game, the Bucks live DJ was forced to refer to him as Mr. Yannis Alphabet because his name was so difficult to pronounce.
Yannis' Early Years
Yannis Adetokounmpo is a basketball player from Greece who played soccer before starting to play basketball in 2008, initially as a point guard, working on his ball-handling skills an hour before practice every day.
In 2012, Yannis Adetokounmpo played for Hellenic Second Division side Firas Ridikos before signing a four-year deal with Zaragoza 2002 of the Spanish Basketball League.
2012, 13 season, Yannis Adetokounmpo played 26 games, averaging 22.5 minutes to get 9.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.0 caps, 0.7 steals, shooting 46.4 percent from the field, 31.3 percent from three-point range, 72 percent from the free throw line.
Selected to play in the Greek All-Star Game, scoring 8 points.In February 2022, Yannis Adetokounmpo was selected to Team James in the 2022 All-Star Game.
