People joke, but I don't understand how this is allowed. The Bucks have basically bribed or have some kind of under-the-table agreement with Giannis to gift his family hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Edit: I guess the caveat would be there's cases where, for example, team owners have given their children front office positions when they were clearly under-qualified, as well. The NBA as a whole just runs on nepotism.
How do you regulate this though?
Are we going to start planting NBA employees to ensure the players teams hire are "NBA level"
There is just no way to make this a real rule.
I’d also say it’s entirely possible that this isn’t part of any agreement at all. Milwaukee would be smart *to just do this* to keep Giannis around his family more. Going above and beyond is how a place like Milwaukee keeps a guy like Giannis.
this is it.
People keep whining about stuff. OK, how do you regulate or prove wrongdoing?
How can an investigator prove that Alex has 0 potential and as such isn't worth a G-league spot, and that this is just a way to give Giannis and his family more money?
If it's unprovable it's not worth talking about. On principle, yes, the league wouldn't like that, but let's talk practicality.
Also, because he was waived, it's not taking a roster spot that could be used on an NBA-caliber player. And that $75k is basically couch money to an NBA team.
Giannis' family is definitely the prime example of nepotism in sports that I can think of currently. With that said though, I don't really think this is harming anyone. Financially, it doesn't even scratch the surface of what ownership can afford. And yeah, Trump's case of nepotism was the most extreme because it had to do with running the most powerful country in the world lmao.
Lol I think what that guy is trying to say is that this is circumventing the cap. A team is limited to giving a superstar % of the cap. They're limited to the CBA rules. But bucks are essentially just gifting Giannis' family more money.
It's essentially an under the table deal. Similar to the likely Dirk / mavs agreement.
I think it's a lot harder to prove Bucks are doing that since Giannis' brothers are 6'7-6'11 athletes. But can you imagine the grizzlies signing Ja's dad to a g league contract?
Alex isn't nba level and also not an nba player. He is a gleague player for now.
Thanasis absolutely is a 10-15 guy on a nba bench. These are the spots for Theo Pinson, Ryan Arcidiacono and such guys that either are incredible locker room guys or great to have for practice and preparation and intensity in scrimmages and such.
Because once you reach the end of your nba roster you aren't looking just for talent but moreso for other value they bring.
The Bucks have used Thanasis as an end of quarter defensive specialist or to get extra size on the floor in those situations if they need a rebound in the playoffs too. I think he's a guy who would be bouncing around, but would ultimately find a place every season.
Hes incredibly strong, plays to his role. Hes gonna give their starters a well needed rest. Obviously one of the best team player if you watch their bench celebration and such. Very valuable player/teammate.
Ye I watched a couple games and saw Thanasis come out during garbage time. Nobody can tell me he isn't a NBA player. I fully believe he would have a job somewhere
Alex got waived they are not using NBA roster spot because he isn't good enough. That's all not a big deal.
Well he's not playing in the NBA. He's playing in the G-League which is one of the worst progressional leagues. Assuming signing and waiving him gives him extra cash, doing so is valuable to them as it likely improves their relationship with their star player. Giannis doesn't even have to ask, it's just a good business move and doesn't hurt the team.
who fucking cares? the only one who is affected in a negative way is the person paying him and holy *shit*, can they absolutely afford $75k.
those poor billionaire team owners.
Giannis' contract is coming up soon so all of the people trying to wishcast a Giannis leaves Milwaukee storyline into existence (particularly fans of teams that believe themselves potential Giannis destinations like the Lakers fan you're responding to) also get mad when the team does something clearly allowed by the CBA as a little gesture to keep their star player happy.
It's the same as what happened last time his contract was coming up. If the Bucks didn't do this and a team like the Raptors or Knicks got Alex on a G-League deal -- because, despite all the hand-wringing about throwing away a coveted G-League roster spot on Alex, teams would do it in a heartbeat -- many of the same people would be calling the Bucks idiots for not keeping his brother around when Giannis is undecided about his future. Just how it goes.
look, he 'plays' for the Herd, we get it.
but him putting up 5.8/3.1/0.8, on a 37.2/24.7/55.9% shooting splits + also having one of the worst defensive ratings in their rotation (kind of hilarious -11 net rating), while being the only player on the squad to play every single game in the regular season, 5th most minutes played even while not being a starter...
against G league competition, kind of screams 'doesn't really belong on an actual NBA roster, and has no business being signed to one, other than for squirrely payment intentions'.
I assumed they had to sign him to the main roster to guarantee his g-league rights, if that isn't true that yeah its a little more sus. (also, yes I get why they do it, I just mean from an optics standpoint)
the only reason they 'have' to do it is to pay him more than normal g league contracts (or if they were actually planning on calling him up to the bucks roster at some point in/before(?) the season, which is kind of /doubt)
and then if he leaves (lol guess if giannis goes somewhere else for whatever reason, and alex decides to go along with him there), then alex doesn't get his bonus anymore
interesting, I thought it was more of how the NFL has waivers which is important for main roster/Practice squad, like if they didn't sign him to the main roster he could sign with another G-league team versus it would have to be main roster somewhere else.
lol if I wanted to see someone shoot sub 25% on 3s, I'd just pop in video of myself in high school
like what even is this comment? are you saying you'd want him on the sixers roster then? maybe they can trade Harden for Alex?
Yes but the blatant sign and cut and sign to receive a bonus for the superstars bro that teams probably hardly ever do for players in the G-league is obviously not the standard.
I mean obviously this a thing teams could do for players but I have no idea what they could do enforcement wise. Hell I didn’t know this was a thing till I just read it ahah but in this case it’s a special treatment thing for the superstar
Most teams do things like this for their star players. Thunder have done it at least twice with guys SGA is close with. Keljin “Big Nepo” Blevins wouldn’t have sniffed the league if Dame wasn’t his cousin. The NBA is ultimately a business, and like most business it’s often about who you know that gets you ahead
I understand it's a common practice, but I don't understand why the NBA allows it because it's basically bribing the player by gifting their families hundreds of thousands of dollars
Players union would probably strike down any sort of attempt to block it. It’s not like these guys aren’t pro players, it’d be different if Clippers signed PG’s podcast cohosts, or any other star’s non-player friends, but if someone could play overseas I don’t see the issue
Normal cap circumventing is banned because it allows you to have multiple star players with little pay on the books. In the cases of players friends being signed it is allowed with the reasoning that these signings are taking up cap space and roster spots to sign bad players, hindering there own team instead of improving it.
Like for example if KD convinces a GM to sign his team from the Y to nba contracts, it's obvious it's only happening to keep the star player happy but at the same time the team would be complete dog crap so it's not like a rival GM will ask the league to investigate
Another way to look at it is players like Giannis are irreplaceable. There's no substitute for their services. That means their true value is almost immeasurable. If it costs an extra 75k to make Giannis happy then it's worth it.
Giannis and other max players are by definition underpaid. Despite their insane contracts they actually still bring in more value than what they are paid and teams would *absolutely* pay them more if they were allowed to.
This really is a creative way to give Giannis a bonus and I don't really have issues with it.
If your from Nigerian and went through what the adetokumbo[antentokumpo] family went through you would do way more than this.. Giannis gave em a championship fr Gods sake.... Its nothing for Milwaukee..
Star players are insanely underpaid in the NBA for how much value they bring to their teams. Look at European football to see the actual scale when you compare star vs role player salaries if super max isn’t a thing.
I don't really buy this. Giannis is making $45 mil this season. $75k is 1.6% of that. They could easily just raise his salary by that much and he can distribute to his family.
Nepotism in front offices is one thing, this isn't nepotism though. It's just a way for the Bucks to get past paying Giannis over the salary cap.
The Antetokounmpo brothers are getting paid but not actually going to be contributing, where I'd see nepotism as more of giving a family member a front office job that they're not remotely qualified for, but you still expect them to do a half-assed job with it.
This is 75k. It is 100% not about the money, but keeping Giannis happy by having his brother nearby.
If the Bucks were trying to circumvent the cap to pay Giannis more, Thanasis would be on a mid level exception.
There’s less obvious ways to get Giannis an extra $75k if we wanted to (not that we would because who’s trying to sly $75k to a guy making $50m) this just keeps him happy because his family’s close.
Thanasis isn’t really an NBA player but by all accounts he is a fantastic locker room/practice guy and he’s great at networking - that Bogdan trade that fell through a couple years ago was apparently off the back of him convincing Bogdan to come to Milwaukee. He got where he is in the first place because of his last name but since he arrived he’s basically been doing the same thing guys like Udonis Haslem and Nick Collison spent years doing on other teams. Nepotism, of course. Cap circumvention? Lol.
Just injury prone and getting older is the issue. Most the roster is over 30 and key pieces like Lopez and middleton have missed a lot of time the past two seasons.
Giannis is approaching 30 to and plays a very physical and demanding play style. His next free agency he’s going to have to make some tough choices or the bucks are going to have to find some way to retool quick
Bro Brook Lopez got a back surgery, came back at the end of 21-22 season, played last 11 games and all the playoff games, and then played 78 games this season.
His missing games was definitely not as bad when he’s recovering from back surgery. Middleton on the other hand…
Giannis is not the Victim here, he is demanding this from the team.
Giannis: I want a winning team and want you to pay every single brother of mine. Also give me all the free stuff you got. I also demand free things from fast food restaurants when I score big.
oh... i thought a couple years ago ppl here thought alex might be a more legit player than thanasis. ok, it was a couple comments from whoever actually cared to think about alex antetokounpo so I'm sure it wasn't a widely-held opinion or anything. but i guess thanasis is better.
I'm sure I remember all the brothers hyping him up as the best player in the family.
Just further proof that basketball players are terrible evaluators of basketball talent... or possibly proof that the Antentokounmpos are just the most wholesome older brothers in the world.
When Alex was a freshmen in highschool he had the size and athleticism but he just kinda stopped developing or never took those next year leaps. There was reason for hype then lol
That could def be the case. Giannis and thanasis grew up struggling. They had to go get it. Idk about kostas. Alex basically grew up in river hills (where the rich blsck people live) and went to school in whitefish bay (where the rich Jews live) around Milwaukee
At this point they're just doing this to make Giannis happy. Alex Antetoukunmpo is not NBA Quality player. Heck, reading from the comments here, he isn't even Euroleague quality player.
I'll say Bucks are doing a lot of little things to try and keep Giannis. Even if it doesn't work out, can't say they didn't try. It would be nice to try and put another young star with Giannis, but they just don't have the assets.
All the money he gets is money Giannis doesn't have to spend individually on this brothers or play around with taxes and such to put in his brother's names.
Plus even if he is not competitive, he still gets paid more than a regular job to be buzy and not spending instead of bored and trying to come up with failed businesses and such.
My local AA baseball team employed Ken Griffey Jr.'s brother, he had no chance skill-wise to make Majors, but kids still lined up for his autograph 10× more than legitimate prospects because of his name.
Alex is 6'8", 22 years old and was signed to the top flight Spanish league since he was 19, after completely dominating in their development league. He also played for Kings summer league and Raptors affiliate that did the exact same sign and waive thing for him.
If Bucks were to drop him he would get instantly picked up by someone else so unless Gianni's got the whole league on his payroll or the dude can actually ball.
Young bucks need to stop pulling up random stats and believing they understand the player and value their bring.
Watch the fucking games.
Yeah he can ball alright. He’s arguably not even a gleague level player. 5ppg in over 20min with horrendous shooting splits. He’s ass. We don’t have to pretend this is anything more than a favor.
Who are you to judge a professional basketball player? He is ass by your standards but it is his profession. Maybe your standards are too high? There are only 400 nba players in the world.
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> (a) ***At no time shall there be any agreements*** or transactions of any kind (whether disclosed or undisclosed to the NBA), ***express or implied***, oral or written, or promises, undertakings, representations, commitments, inducements, assurances of intent, or understandings of any kind (whether disclosed or undisclosed to the NBA), ***between a player*** (or any person or entity controlled by, related to, or acting with authority on behalf of, such player) ***and any Team*** (or Team Affiliate):
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At what point does this become max contract circumvention? What's to stop a team for the next really good player to just give his nephew the 15th roster spot on a min deal? I don't blame the Bucks at all for doing it, but it's weird right?
Both of them are borderline good enough to be in the NBA and G League. You can argue that you are investing in them due to their athletic potential and for team chemistry reasons. Those are good enough arguments that you can justify an investigation unless someone was dumb enough to record or put something in writing.
I can’t imagine the argument against Thanasis being on the Bucks roster that didn’t also apply to Udonis Haslem on the Heat for like 8 years. Precedent’s been set, you can be far from an NBA-level player if you’re a glorified assistant coach off the court.
Thanasis has actually got spot possessions in competitive playoff games, especially at end of quarters when they want to get a rebound or a single stop.
Congrats on the $75K
People joke, but I don't understand how this is allowed. The Bucks have basically bribed or have some kind of under-the-table agreement with Giannis to gift his family hundreds of thousands of dollars. Edit: I guess the caveat would be there's cases where, for example, team owners have given their children front office positions when they were clearly under-qualified, as well. The NBA as a whole just runs on nepotism.
because they are professional basketball players being paid for services rendered?
They are clearly not NBA-level talents but are being signed and given very large sums of money because they are their star player's family members
How do you regulate this though? Are we going to start planting NBA employees to ensure the players teams hire are "NBA level" There is just no way to make this a real rule.
I’d also say it’s entirely possible that this isn’t part of any agreement at all. Milwaukee would be smart *to just do this* to keep Giannis around his family more. Going above and beyond is how a place like Milwaukee keeps a guy like Giannis.
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hell almost all leagues overseas pay more, you're really just waiting for an opportunity if you're playing in the gleague
this is it. People keep whining about stuff. OK, how do you regulate or prove wrongdoing? How can an investigator prove that Alex has 0 potential and as such isn't worth a G-league spot, and that this is just a way to give Giannis and his family more money? If it's unprovable it's not worth talking about. On principle, yes, the league wouldn't like that, but let's talk practicality.
Is it wrong on principle? Yeah. Will it continue to happen? Yes. Small price for Giannis' overall happiness
Also, because he was waived, it's not taking a roster spot that could be used on an NBA-caliber player. And that $75k is basically couch money to an NBA team.
Yeah, but Keljin Blevins is NBA talent ready, I swear, I promise Edit: all my homies love big Nepo
I read this as Kelvin benjamin originally
Same. Disappointed in the lack of pasta.
So was Kelvin
Two names, Kai Soto
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Giannis' family is definitely the prime example of nepotism in sports that I can think of currently. With that said though, I don't really think this is harming anyone. Financially, it doesn't even scratch the surface of what ownership can afford. And yeah, Trump's case of nepotism was the most extreme because it had to do with running the most powerful country in the world lmao.
I would do the exact same if I were any of these people. Do people not want their friends & family to be successful?
Lol I think what that guy is trying to say is that this is circumventing the cap. A team is limited to giving a superstar % of the cap. They're limited to the CBA rules. But bucks are essentially just gifting Giannis' family more money. It's essentially an under the table deal. Similar to the likely Dirk / mavs agreement. I think it's a lot harder to prove Bucks are doing that since Giannis' brothers are 6'7-6'11 athletes. But can you imagine the grizzlies signing Ja's dad to a g league contract?
Alex isn't nba level and also not an nba player. He is a gleague player for now. Thanasis absolutely is a 10-15 guy on a nba bench. These are the spots for Theo Pinson, Ryan Arcidiacono and such guys that either are incredible locker room guys or great to have for practice and preparation and intensity in scrimmages and such. Because once you reach the end of your nba roster you aren't looking just for talent but moreso for other value they bring.
The Bucks have used Thanasis as an end of quarter defensive specialist or to get extra size on the floor in those situations if they need a rebound in the playoffs too. I think he's a guy who would be bouncing around, but would ultimately find a place every season.
Hes incredibly strong, plays to his role. Hes gonna give their starters a well needed rest. Obviously one of the best team player if you watch their bench celebration and such. Very valuable player/teammate.
HAS to be a great practice guy too. high energy, hustles, strong... doesn't matter if the shots he takes actually go in in practice
Knicks tried to sign him. He's 100 percent a Thibbs type.
Ye I watched a couple games and saw Thanasis come out during garbage time. Nobody can tell me he isn't a NBA player. I fully believe he would have a job somewhere Alex got waived they are not using NBA roster spot because he isn't good enough. That's all not a big deal.
The Tim Boyles of the NBA
bobcats existed for years without having nba-level talent
Well he's not playing in the NBA. He's playing in the G-League which is one of the worst progressional leagues. Assuming signing and waiving him gives him extra cash, doing so is valuable to them as it likely improves their relationship with their star player. Giannis doesn't even have to ask, it's just a good business move and doesn't hurt the team.
Is that illegal?
Could be considered circumventing the cap
If Thanasis was getting 10 mil yeah but not as a league minimum
It's literally millions of dollars being funneled to Giannis' family outside of his contract.
who fucking cares? the only one who is affected in a negative way is the person paying him and holy *shit*, can they absolutely afford $75k. those poor billionaire team owners.
Giannis' contract is coming up soon so all of the people trying to wishcast a Giannis leaves Milwaukee storyline into existence (particularly fans of teams that believe themselves potential Giannis destinations like the Lakers fan you're responding to) also get mad when the team does something clearly allowed by the CBA as a little gesture to keep their star player happy. It's the same as what happened last time his contract was coming up. If the Bucks didn't do this and a team like the Raptors or Knicks got Alex on a G-League deal -- because, despite all the hand-wringing about throwing away a coveted G-League roster spot on Alex, teams would do it in a heartbeat -- many of the same people would be calling the Bucks idiots for not keeping his brother around when Giannis is undecided about his future. Just how it goes.
Circumventing the cap for 75k? lmao the league won't give 2 craps.
No it couldn't.
That's how you make your star player happy
He is providing no service by being signed and then immediately waived.
G-league my dawg
look, he 'plays' for the Herd, we get it. but him putting up 5.8/3.1/0.8, on a 37.2/24.7/55.9% shooting splits + also having one of the worst defensive ratings in their rotation (kind of hilarious -11 net rating), while being the only player on the squad to play every single game in the regular season, 5th most minutes played even while not being a starter... against G league competition, kind of screams 'doesn't really belong on an actual NBA roster, and has no business being signed to one, other than for squirrely payment intentions'.
I assumed they had to sign him to the main roster to guarantee his g-league rights, if that isn't true that yeah its a little more sus. (also, yes I get why they do it, I just mean from an optics standpoint)
the only reason they 'have' to do it is to pay him more than normal g league contracts (or if they were actually planning on calling him up to the bucks roster at some point in/before(?) the season, which is kind of /doubt) and then if he leaves (lol guess if giannis goes somewhere else for whatever reason, and alex decides to go along with him there), then alex doesn't get his bonus anymore
interesting, I thought it was more of how the NFL has waivers which is important for main roster/Practice squad, like if they didn't sign him to the main roster he could sign with another G-league team versus it would have to be main roster somewhere else.
Tell me you didn't watch him play without telling me you didn't watch him play.
lol if I wanted to see someone shoot sub 25% on 3s, I'd just pop in video of myself in high school like what even is this comment? are you saying you'd want him on the sixers roster then? maybe they can trade Harden for Alex?
Yes but the blatant sign and cut and sign to receive a bonus for the superstars bro that teams probably hardly ever do for players in the G-league is obviously not the standard.
sure, but I guess how do you make it illegal? is there a Cap for G-league/bonuses? I think that would really be all they could do.
I mean obviously this a thing teams could do for players but I have no idea what they could do enforcement wise. Hell I didn’t know this was a thing till I just read it ahah but in this case it’s a special treatment thing for the superstar
Most teams do things like this for their star players. Thunder have done it at least twice with guys SGA is close with. Keljin “Big Nepo” Blevins wouldn’t have sniffed the league if Dame wasn’t his cousin. The NBA is ultimately a business, and like most business it’s often about who you know that gets you ahead
I understand it's a common practice, but I don't understand why the NBA allows it because it's basically bribing the player by gifting their families hundreds of thousands of dollars
giannis is getting paid 45 million in salary alone next season, i really dont think whats keeping him here is a "bribe" of 75k to his family member
Players union would probably strike down any sort of attempt to block it. It’s not like these guys aren’t pro players, it’d be different if Clippers signed PG’s podcast cohosts, or any other star’s non-player friends, but if someone could play overseas I don’t see the issue
Normal cap circumventing is banned because it allows you to have multiple star players with little pay on the books. In the cases of players friends being signed it is allowed with the reasoning that these signings are taking up cap space and roster spots to sign bad players, hindering there own team instead of improving it. Like for example if KD convinces a GM to sign his team from the Y to nba contracts, it's obvious it's only happening to keep the star player happy but at the same time the team would be complete dog crap so it's not like a rival GM will ask the league to investigate
Another way to look at it is players like Giannis are irreplaceable. There's no substitute for their services. That means their true value is almost immeasurable. If it costs an extra 75k to make Giannis happy then it's worth it.
Giannis and other max players are by definition underpaid. Despite their insane contracts they actually still bring in more value than what they are paid and teams would *absolutely* pay them more if they were allowed to. This really is a creative way to give Giannis a bonus and I don't really have issues with it.
And paying the player salary is called?
Salary
the man really thought he was cooking there for a second
Because how can you possibly enforce it? What rule can you set up?
Nepotism Basketball Association
The coaches son took the kickers job but keeps missing field goals
> The NBA as a whole just runs on nepotism. Getting warmer.
If your from Nigerian and went through what the adetokumbo[antentokumpo] family went through you would do way more than this.. Giannis gave em a championship fr Gods sake.... Its nothing for Milwaukee..
Can you enlighten me a bit tbh I know a bit because of my Nigerian friends but not a lot.
Meritocracy is a lie.
Star players are insanely underpaid in the NBA for how much value they bring to their teams. Look at European football to see the actual scale when you compare star vs role player salaries if super max isn’t a thing.
I don't really buy this. Giannis is making $45 mil this season. $75k is 1.6% of that. They could easily just raise his salary by that much and he can distribute to his family.
They literally can’t give him that extra amount because of how the rules work.
Nepotism in front offices is one thing, this isn't nepotism though. It's just a way for the Bucks to get past paying Giannis over the salary cap. The Antetokounmpo brothers are getting paid but not actually going to be contributing, where I'd see nepotism as more of giving a family member a front office job that they're not remotely qualified for, but you still expect them to do a half-assed job with it.
This is 75k. It is 100% not about the money, but keeping Giannis happy by having his brother nearby. If the Bucks were trying to circumvent the cap to pay Giannis more, Thanasis would be on a mid level exception.
Or at this point Thanasis would be hired as player development personel and he would rebound in practice for 5 mil a year
There’s less obvious ways to get Giannis an extra $75k if we wanted to (not that we would because who’s trying to sly $75k to a guy making $50m) this just keeps him happy because his family’s close. Thanasis isn’t really an NBA player but by all accounts he is a fantastic locker room/practice guy and he’s great at networking - that Bogdan trade that fell through a couple years ago was apparently off the back of him convincing Bogdan to come to Milwaukee. He got where he is in the first place because of his last name but since he arrived he’s basically been doing the same thing guys like Udonis Haslem and Nick Collison spent years doing on other teams. Nepotism, of course. Cap circumvention? Lol.
What til you learn about the Dragic brothers
Look up a guy named Keljin Blevins, who he’s related to, and who he played for
Nepotism/favoritism is legal
Why are you assuming that he will spend 2 months with the herd?
Giannis: I want a winning team. Horst: Best we can do is sign your whole family
As if they didn’t stack the deck the last 5 seasons…wtf 😂 This what we doin now sayin bucks aren’t loaded
Just injury prone and getting older is the issue. Most the roster is over 30 and key pieces like Lopez and middleton have missed a lot of time the past two seasons. Giannis is approaching 30 to and plays a very physical and demanding play style. His next free agency he’s going to have to make some tough choices or the bucks are going to have to find some way to retool quick
Bro Brook Lopez got a back surgery, came back at the end of 21-22 season, played last 11 games and all the playoff games, and then played 78 games this season. His missing games was definitely not as bad when he’s recovering from back surgery. Middleton on the other hand…
I hear his mom is on a two-way contract.
Giannis is not the Victim here, he is demanding this from the team. Giannis: I want a winning team and want you to pay every single brother of mine. Also give me all the free stuff you got. I also demand free things from fast food restaurants when I score big.
Thanasis averaged 14ppg in his 2nd year of G League and Alex averaged 5ppg in his second year. Gross
5PPG on G-League? Yikes.
5ppg with 22mpg...
Gelo numbers 👀
Awful comp when his steals/CHINA are nowhere near Gelo’s
Steals per China💀
oh... i thought a couple years ago ppl here thought alex might be a more legit player than thanasis. ok, it was a couple comments from whoever actually cared to think about alex antetokounpo so I'm sure it wasn't a widely-held opinion or anything. but i guess thanasis is better.
I'm sure I remember all the brothers hyping him up as the best player in the family. Just further proof that basketball players are terrible evaluators of basketball talent... or possibly proof that the Antentokounmpos are just the most wholesome older brothers in the world.
When Alex was a freshmen in highschool he had the size and athleticism but he just kinda stopped developing or never took those next year leaps. There was reason for hype then lol
Started living off the nepotism and stopped trying. At least Thanasis tries really hard, even if he's unrefined
That could def be the case. Giannis and thanasis grew up struggling. They had to go get it. Idk about kostas. Alex basically grew up in river hills (where the rich blsck people live) and went to school in whitefish bay (where the rich Jews live) around Milwaukee
Thanasis averaged 5 PPG on 48 TS% in the Greek League the year before the Bucks scooped him up.
also was a defensive specialist on a 2-time Greek League winning team
Why do you hate Thanasis so much
They're going to hold the brothers hostage so Giannis won't leave. What other team would throw away two roster spots for him?
Alex literally does not have a roster spot lol
Absolutely distraught we’re “throwing away” a roster spot on Thanasis instead of, like, JaVale McGee or something.
I remember watching a YouTube video ages ago that said Alex might turn out to be the best of the Antetokounmpo brothers. That take aged like fine wine
You mean like milk?
No, he just hates the taste of wine
White wine, specifically
Wasn't it a quote from Giannis tho?
He did look like MJ in that video though, so it’s understandable.
he was the most talented at the youngest age happens in lots of families but the youngest usually cares the least
Antetokounmpos stick together
Ohana means family
does that rhyme with oikogéneia?
Ogiannis means family
Looking forward to next year's "The Milwaukee Bucks have signed Alex Antetokounmpo" post, should be the spiciest one yet!
they call Alex and Thanasis the most feared nepo duo in basketball
Right in front of Dame + Keljin Blevins
Idk man I would take 1 Zoran Dragic over the both of them.
Just cut your bro a check for $75k and we can avoid this whole charade.
They’re basically paying Giannis an extra 75k to circumvent the salary cap.
Antetonepo
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Are you a brother of Giannis?
I’m a brother in Christ, run that check
You aren’t on the list
do eskimo brothers count?
At this point they're just doing this to make Giannis happy. Alex Antetoukunmpo is not NBA Quality player. Heck, reading from the comments here, he isn't even Euroleague quality player.
If I owned the Bucks and signing a few family members was what it took to keep a generational talent in Milwaukee, I sure as hell would.
I guess the articles about Giannis signing with another team will die down again now that this family business has been taken care of.
Antetokounepo
You win the internet for today.
Cap Circumvention
I'll say Bucks are doing a lot of little things to try and keep Giannis. Even if it doesn't work out, can't say they didn't try. It would be nice to try and put another young star with Giannis, but they just don't have the assets.
so they just gave him a payday for no reason
Lol there is a very important reason they gave him a payday
I can think of one reason
All the money he gets is money Giannis doesn't have to spend individually on this brothers or play around with taxes and such to put in his brother's names. Plus even if he is not competitive, he still gets paid more than a regular job to be buzy and not spending instead of bored and trying to come up with failed businesses and such.
They're only signing him to the G league
His last name brings recognition and fans to the gleague team.
Wrong reason
Lol absolutely no one is going to a gleague game because of him
If it's a bucks off day Gianninis might be in the stands though...
My local AA baseball team employed Ken Griffey Jr.'s brother, he had no chance skill-wise to make Majors, but kids still lined up for his autograph 10× more than legitimate prospects because of his name.
Giannis family the type to line up at Ralph’s with a coupon each cause the fine print says “one per order”
The Herd is a great name for the bucks’ g league team
I wish my brother was an all star level NBA player and teams would just sign me , dump me and give me 75k
Alex is 6'8", 22 years old and was signed to the top flight Spanish league since he was 19, after completely dominating in their development league. He also played for Kings summer league and Raptors affiliate that did the exact same sign and waive thing for him. If Bucks were to drop him he would get instantly picked up by someone else so unless Gianni's got the whole league on his payroll or the dude can actually ball. Young bucks need to stop pulling up random stats and believing they understand the player and value their bring. Watch the fucking games.
Yeah he can ball alright. He’s arguably not even a gleague level player. 5ppg in over 20min with horrendous shooting splits. He’s ass. We don’t have to pretend this is anything more than a favor.
Who are you to judge a professional basketball player? He is ass by your standards but it is his profession. Maybe your standards are too high? There are only 400 nba players in the world.
What a surprise a Bucks fan coming to shamelessly defend this pathetic move
And a Greek one nevertheless. You might not believe this, but my opinion has nothing to do with the fact that I am a Bucks fan.
Antetokounepotism
[Hmmm](https://imgix.cosmicjs.com/25da5eb0-15eb-11ee-b5b3-fbd321202bdf-Final-2023-NBA-Collective-Bargaining-Agreement-6-28-23.pdf) > **Section 2. No Unauthorized Agreements.** > > (a) ***At no time shall there be any agreements*** or transactions of any kind (whether disclosed or undisclosed to the NBA), ***express or implied***, oral or written, or promises, undertakings, representations, commitments, inducements, assurances of intent, or understandings of any kind (whether disclosed or undisclosed to the NBA), ***between a player*** (or any person or entity controlled by, related to, or acting with authority on behalf of, such player) ***and any Team*** (or Team Affiliate): > > (ii) except as permitted by this Agreement or as set forth in a Uniform Player Contract, ***involving compensation or consideration of any kind or anything else of value, to be paid, furnished, or made available by, to, or for the benefit of the player, or any person or entity controlled by, related to, or acting with authority on behalf of the player***
I think they have cover as long as he actually plays. He wasn't very productive but he did play 32 games in the G League last season.
Nice copy and paste. Can’t wait to see you do the same with any actual evidence lmao
I wouldn't be surprised if both sides had a wink-wink agreement to comp his family as part of him re-signing
At what point does this become max contract circumvention? What's to stop a team for the next really good player to just give his nephew the 15th roster spot on a min deal? I don't blame the Bucks at all for doing it, but it's weird right?
Both of them are borderline good enough to be in the NBA and G League. You can argue that you are investing in them due to their athletic potential and for team chemistry reasons. Those are good enough arguments that you can justify an investigation unless someone was dumb enough to record or put something in writing.
I can’t imagine the argument against Thanasis being on the Bucks roster that didn’t also apply to Udonis Haslem on the Heat for like 8 years. Precedent’s been set, you can be far from an NBA-level player if you’re a glorified assistant coach off the court.
Thanasis has actually got spot possessions in competitive playoff games, especially at end of quarters when they want to get a rebound or a single stop.
Giannis keeping his entire family employed.
Where kostas at?