Janus Baswell is a Greek basketball star. He was born in Athens to parents who came from nigeria, but were undocumented. His family sold trinkets on the street and he would look out for his two younger brothers by giving them whatever food they could find. But at this time there was a group called dawns siren that would stab migrants,. They would go into working class neighborhoods like sapolia or cipseli where janis grew up. This is the terrifying moden face of facisu siren: A warning to the world about what lies ahead.
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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