MVP Antetokounmpo, the top ten athlete in income in 2022, once came from a poor family and worked as a street vendor

6/25/2022, 07:48

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The Greek monster Giannis Antetokounmpo, referred to as Giannis Antetokounmpo, has achieved many milestones and new records in the league, and is ranked 10th among the top ten highest-paid athletes of the year by Forbes this year. Has a net worth of $80.9 million. However, before Antetokounmpo was in contact with basketball, his family was poor when he was a child, and the whole family worked as hawkers to sell on the street.


The Greek monster Giannis Antetokounmpo, referred to as Giannis Antetokounmpo, has achieved many milestones and new records in the league, and is ranked 10th among the top 10 highest-paid athletes of the year by Forbes this year. Has a net worth of $80.9 million. However, before Antetokounmpo was in contact with basketball, his family was poor when he was a child, and the whole family worked as hawkers to sell on the street.


Antetokounmpo's parents are Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa. Both parents are athletes, but the employment opportunities there are low and the economic level is not good, so the parents migrated to Greece to find a better source of income. However, it was difficult for the family to settle down because of their foreign status, and their parents also changed many jobs in the service industry one after another, while Antetokounmpo's four brothers and sisters went to the streets to work as small vendors to help the family make ends meet. After that, Antetokounmpo's eldest brother, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, was determined to learn basketball, and Antetokounmpo also practiced with his brother. At that time, they were so poor that they could only wear a pair of sneakers together. Due to the relationship between the sneakers, the two could not play on the same stage.


After that, Antetokounmpo's amazing physical strength and potential were discovered and invited to join the Greek Filastikos basketball youth team. Antetokounmpo's skills began to be gradually cultivated and trained. He has a fierce offensive in terms of attack, and Good at breaking into the restricted area and grabbing rebounds, he is also the core of the defense inside and outside the defense. With the passage of time, the 18-year-old player gradually gained the attention of the league, and Antetokounmpo will also enter the league as the biggest goal of his basketball career. Later, he also achieved his wish in the first round of the 2013 league draft. The 15th overall pick was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks, officially opening the league career.


However, Antetokounmpo is very filial. After he gets his salary, he will remit all the money to the account of his parents who work in Greece. He once ran to the game alone because he had no money for a ride at home. Antetokounmpo's first few seasons with the Bucks, however, were underwhelming and underwhelming. However, his level of performance on the court continued to increase, until in 2016 he hit a career high with a triple-double of 28 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists in one game, which he won in four games. The triple-double data broke the team record and became the first player of the Bucks to obtain a triple-double 4 times in a single season.


And Antetokounmpo began to be seen and promoted to the core of the team. He also added many milestones one after another. He was selected to the league's best defensive second team and 3 defensive first team, and was selected as the league's best defensive team for 4 consecutive years. Best first team, 2 second team, 2 consecutive league MVPs, best defense, 6 consecutive All-Stars, selected as the league's top 75 stars, and lead the team to win the championship in 2021. The next finals MVP, well-deserved.


But it is a pity that the Bucks missed the finals with 3 wins and 4 losses in the Eastern Conference finals this season. I believe that Antetokounmpo can take up the responsibility of scoring and lead the team to the championship game next season.