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Giannis Antetokounmpo: I won't befriend All-Stars due to 'my competitive nature'


Giannis Antetokounmpo has taken the NBA by storm, emerging from his native Greece and developing into the league’s reigning Most Valuable Player. The  Bucks big man helped lead Milwaukee to the Eastern Conference Finals a year ago and made the team a championship for the foreseeable future.

However, the Greek Freak is also not interested in becoming too friendly with fellow All-Stars around the league. Sam Amick of The Athletic examined Antetokounmpo’s thinking in a lengthy feature, noting his desire to be his own player.

“Man, it’s not that I don’t want to [learn from other stars]. I get better every day,” he said. “I’ll learn from the 15th player on our team. I’ll learn from [Bucks reserve guard] Frank Mason. But my competitive nature is so high that when I go and practice [with other stars], I can’t do it. That’s me.”

In an age where All-Stars with longstanding friendships seek to form superteams, it appears that Antetokounmpo is set in his own ways. He added that he did not receive an invitation to Kobe Bryant‘s camp earlier this summer and that he preferred not to be around other All-Stars.

I’m not saying it’s right, but that’s me,” he said. “I just know myself. I know that because I’m a nice person, I’m going to start building relationships [with those other stars]. And then I’m going to go against those guys, and they’re going to be my friends.”





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