Thanasis Antetokounmpo

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Athanasios Rotimi “Thanasis” Antetokounmpo (born Adetokunbo, July 18, 1992) is a Nigerian-Greek professional basketball player who last played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). At the international stage, he has represented the Greek national team since 2016.
Listed at 6 feet and 7 inches, he plays at the small forward and power forward positions. He won back-to-back Greek League championships with Panathinaikos in 2018 and 2019 and the NBA championship with the Bucks in 2021.
Antetokounmpo is the older brother of Giannis, two-time NBA MVP (who is also his former teammate), as well as Kostas and Alex.

Antetokounmpo was born in Athens, the second of five boys born to his Nigerian parents Charles and Veronica Antetokounmpo. He began playing youth club basketball with the junior teams of Filathlitikos in 2008, and then played with the senior men’s team of Filathlitikos in the semi-professional Greek fourth division (2010–11 season).

In 2011, Antetokounmpo began his professional level career with Filathlitikos, of the Greek 3rd Division, after previously playing with the club…