"He's walking around with a brightness about him. I mean, he has so much gumption that he walks up to his assistant coach,. josh oppenheimer, when they're about to play the nicks, and says, i'm going to bust carmello anthony's ass." "How does he go being like a scrawny rooky on a team that has like 15 winds to the guy we just saw win a championship? Janus practically lives in the weit room... Would not have been surprised if he had a sleeping bag in there".
Giannis Antetokounmpo went from hawking watches and DVDs on the streets of Greece to winning an NBA championship for the Milwaukee Bucks. In this repodcast, the Ringer’s Mirin Fader tells the story of his improbable rise.
Today’s show was produced by Amina Al-Sadi, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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