10 Things You Didn't Know About Giannis Antetokounmpo

Giannis is more than just dunks MVPs and championships he's an addict ever since Giannis was a kid he's had a secret addiction and growing up poor that's the last thing he should have spent money on but Giannis couldn't resist so we dedicated everything to basketball hoping he'd eventually make enough money to satisfy his urges and well recently the world found out about his Oreo addiction when they came to the league that was the first thing I ate because like when I was younger I was always craving them and you know could never afford them you

know so I was like okay when I get a little bit of money you know people go spend money in cars and chains audios right I ate them for like a month straight no dinner no lunch no nothing yeah imagine eating Oreos every meal for an entire month how is dude even built like this well that's just one of the 10 craziest stories of giannis's Life million dollar scandals being forced out the country a bucks fan saving his life but before we get to those you think his physique got him nicknamed the free but he

actually got the nickname from something disgusting on Valentine's Day Giannis went live on Instagram to flex all the gifts his girl gave them but there was one present she didn't want the world to see and Giannis felt it was the perfect time to reveal what his nickname actually man she bought me this too he could be a freak on the court and on the you don't even know [Music] ah now I see why Janice's girl fell in love with him not only is he romantic but he's also got the third largest hands in NBA history

and you know what they say big hands big gloves anyways since Gian is just too hard for fans to pronounce Greek Freak quickly caught on but once Tiana's got the name it led to a two million dollar Scandal a couple years ago Giannis heard about a secret company called fan closet and they weren't just a typical sports store selling merch their business was illegal one day Giannis came across some products online with his nickname that he never approved and you know with Giannis being such a nice guy I mean he tried to reason with the

company and politely ask for the merch to be taken down but these people were Maniacs so they didn't listen Giannis called up his lawyer and broke down the situation and that's when his lawyer told him listen Giannis you can't just have people selling things with your name on it if word gets out that you don't take legal action it's only gonna happen more now Giannis didn't know the situation was that deep I after all suing this random company Giannis already makes over 200 a second so he didn't need any extra money but his lawyer explained

that suing them wasn't just about the cash it was about setting an example so they agreed on turning things into a legal battle Giannis sued the company for selling low quality products using The Greek Freak nickname and since that could trick customers into thinking they were buying trash merch directly from Giannis it could cause irreparable damage to giannis's Brand so right when a judge took a look at the case the decision was easy Giannis won the lawsuit and was awarded two million dollars and even though two mil may seem like a lot of money it's

nowhere near as valuable as Giannis himself and that's why a stranger saved his life at the time Giannis was just a rookie so he just gotten his first paycheck and he sent almost every cent to his family overseas but one day at the worst possible time he got an alert that he reached his spending limit and well it was Game Day Giannis panicked Not only was he penniless he was stranded in the middle of nowhere in 18 degree weather so he started running until luckily giannis's biggest fan pulled up in her Honda Fit and offered

him a ride so Giannis squeezed his seven foot ass in the backseat and she floored it to the game that fan literally saved this man's life do you realize how cold 18 degrees is Giannis could have froze the death and if Giannis didn't make it to that game he might have never had the chance to become a star well it's all good because basketball wasn't even giannis's dream job in fact he's actually planning on leaving the NBA growing up in Greece Giannis had two Idols his dad and Tyrion Reed both guys were soccer players and

inspired Giannis to spend his childhood in the field rather than on the court but when Giannis turned 13 his brother changed Everything At first I did not want to play basketball I wanted to be a sergeant player just like my dad but the Nas is one of us to play basketball and uh you know it was probably like 12 years old and I wanted to spend time with nasty so I was like okay I'll play basketball now the NASA's may have convinced dionis to pick up a basketball but giannis's love for soccer never left and

even making it to the NBA wasn't enough for him to give up his dream at practices Giannis was spotted playing two sports at once and well pro teams definitely noticed because the Milwaukee Wave invited Giannis to be their halftime show and in front of an entire Stadium he showed off his skills he's got the skills a few years later Giannis went viral for playing soccer behind the scenes so PSG invited Giannis to tour their Stadium gave him his own PSG jersey and Giannis let them know he was ready to join them whenever he's I got

this this is what I that's nothing for me man and lately giannis's love for soccer's gotten so out of hand he even plays it in the middle of NBA games but listen now that we're getting into the top five stories of giannis's career let's take things to a whole new level like when Giannis almost got kicked off The Box by his own teammate in 2013 the Bucks were forced to make huge changes during the season they were the AFC and in the first round of the playoffs they got completely swept I mean they didn't even

have a single All-Star so that off season was about to decide their entire future and with the 15th pick of the NBA draft they did the unthinkable the Bucks banked everything on a scrawny 18 year old kid it kind of seemed like the Bucks lost their mind because not only do they Risk Everything For What a kid could become they also trade away their star player to bring in a six point per game player Chris Middleton at the time the Bucks imagined Giannis and Chris eventually becoming Superstars but first they had to earn and since

the two were so competitive they started sabotaging each other during practice and games these guys would damn near a fight and at one point Giannis admitted I used to hate him this I'm gonna take his minutes and how did Chris feel about this well we hated each other because we were fighting for minutes and I heard Giannis wasn't subscribed to hoopflix don't be like the honest man subscribe nah but for real all these battles were pushing each other to become great but one slipper could cost either player a chance of becoming a starter or even

worse get kicked out of basketball like the time Giannis got forced out of the NBA in 2016 Giannis was finally becoming a basketball Superstar and his brother thanassus was also in the NBA these two accomplished their dreams but the entire time they were breaking the law and eventually their pass caught up with them out of nowhere Giannis and thanosis were forced out the United States back to Greece nobody understood what was going on but it all had to do with the laws overseas in Greek law all men between 19 and 45 years old were required

to serve in their military for nine months but if you move out of Greece and have citizenship in another country you're only required to serve three months so even though Giannis and his brother were professional athletes they needed to join the military and well the two boys enlisted and made sure they handled all their duties before returning for the next season but hey after all it's the law what if I told you giannis's career was nearly ruined by a psychotic fan yeah one fan spent years watching Giannis and despite seeing him go from a kid

to one of the best players in the NBA secretly this fan knew what Giannis was doing behind the scenes and one day this dude had enough I wrote a letter to Adam the commissioner and said please just take him out of the NBA this guy will ruin it this guy is boring as hell look at this dude he really went on live TV and tried to criticize how Jana's plays as if he could do better just look at you on this man there's no way anybody can stop this not this fan not the commissioner not

even God because the hidden meaning of giannis's name predicted his entire life nowadays you know this man is one of two names Gianna Sante de kumpo or The Greek Freak but what if I told you that ain't actually who he is as a kid he grew up using his Nigerian name Giannis aridakumbo and while living in Greece he spent his entire life trying to officially gain Greek citizenship so in 2013 when it was finally granted the Greek translation changed the spelling of his name from aridakumbo to ante de cumpo but that name change completely covered

up who Janus was destined to be the meaning behind his birth name ardecunbo means the king from across the seas and an NBA legend Akeem Olajuwon said it can all also mean the crown has returned from overseas so when you think about it Giannis not only traveled overseas to play in the NBA he became a king of the league and yet that's nothing compared to the time Kobe Bryant completely changed giannis's life in 2018 giannis's career completely took off he had one of his best seasons and turned himself into a superstar but failing to win

MVP and only carrying his team to the seventh seed Giannis knew he had to take his game to another level and that's when he made a phone call that would change his life forever the two agreed to a private workout and Kobe instantly hopped on a flight Giannis made sure he beat Kobe to the gym it was there hours early getting extra reps but as soon as Kobe showed up Giannis was ready to learn from a legend I've never told nobody this I was there three hours before him the worker was great he made me

make 350 or 400 shots but they were all the same shots and he told me make 20. use your will work when you shoot race up high and make 20. it was amazing it was amazing working out with Kobe now that might not seem that crazy but Kobe's advice stuck with Giannis forever immediately after their workout Jana's dedicated everything to training the man literally went viral just from posting a pic of his progress and that was just the beginning throughout the season giannis's stats soared to a new career high and eventually he carried the Bucks

to the number one sea but once Kobe saw Giannis win his first ever MVP award Kobe just had to give him an even harder challenge winning a championship at this point Giannis was giving us all just to make Kobe proud but then out of nowhere Kobe was gone and this completely devastated Giannis because even though Giannis was about to win his second MVP in a row just knowing Kobe wouldn't be there to see it was heartbreaking so Giannis knew there was only one thing he could do when Yana's came face to face with the sons

in the NBA Finals nobody knew this but teganis this series was for Kobe throughout those games all Giannis could think about was Kobe's Challenge and as the games got Fierce Giannis and the Bucks went down 0-2 but there was no way Giannis could let Kobe down so we channeled his inner Mamba mentality and put the bucks on his back winning the next three and when everything came down to game six Jana stepped out thinking what would Kobe do and right from the jump you could tell it was more than just Yanna so as Mikhail Bridges

running the floor jack blocked ball the Finish Giannis does it again Middleton inside nice entry pass puts up the one-hander shot is good does it again it's over the Milwaukee Bucks are NBA champions once again Giannis came out and had one of the most legendary performances in NBA history he dropped 50 points and carried his team to the championship but it's what Jana submitted after the game that made this moment legendary he made me believe Kobe Bryant thinks I can I can do this I can play in the higher level and Lead my team and

win the MVP I had to do it damn Kobe would be proud and you want to know another player he'd be proud of Jimmy Butler because he went from being homeless to an NBA star and I know you want to hear more about that so click this video right here foreign [Music]