Antetokounmpo: "I'm Not The Best Player In The World...LeBron Still Is"
Giannis Antetokounmpo won the NBA MVP in 2020, and won the NBA Finals MVP in 2021, leading his Milwaukee Bucks to the NBA Championship. But he is convinced that he is definitely not the best player in the world.
That title, he believes, still belongs to LeBron James.
"I like being a hunter. I am not the best player in the world. I am telling you, I am not! KD, LeBron, Kawhi, Luka, Curry, AD might be. I am not. I am still hunting the All-Time Greats. LeBron is still the best player in the world."
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) September 24, 2021
- Giannis. ✊
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"I like being a hunter. I am not the best player in the world," said Giannis. "I am telling you, I am not!"
Then he offered a string of other players who, it appears, he considers better than him: "KD, LeBron, Kawhi, Luka, Curry, AD might be. I am not. I am still hunting the All-Time Greats. LeBron is still the best player in the world."
Of course, Giannis said the same thing about one of the others on his list, Kevin Durant, back in June, while facing him in the playoffs:
Giannis Antetokounmpo on COSMOTE TV: "Don’t call me champ. If you hear only compliments, you relax and this is something I don’t want"
— Eurohoops (@Eurohoopsnet) September 24, 2021
"Don’t call me champ. If you hear only compliments, you relax and this is something I don’t want," said Antetokounmpo. He clarified:
"I can’t be fake. I am Giannis. But calling me MVP, calling me champ, calling me the best player in the world, is something that might hold me back. And I don’t want anything holding me back. I want to look forward and be better"
Giannis also went on to update his hyperextended knee injury he suffered just before the Finals: ""It wasn't a miracle. If you work hard, you don't drink, don't smoke, you work hard for 8-9 years. I shouldn't have played in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. I was in a lot of pain. I'm still hurting. But I'll be okay."
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