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Giannis Antetokounmpo Not Interested In Being Called The Best Player In The World: “Don’t Tell Me I Am”

At age 27, Giannis Antetokounmpo has built up quite a resume highlighted by an NBA championship, an NBA Finals MVP, two Most Valuable Player of the Year awards, a Defensive Player of the Year honor, and six NBA All-Star appearances. 

As one the league’s most decorated players, Antetokounmpo is often viewed by many as a player who has done enough to be in the conversation as the best player in the world. While the label seems fitting for him, Antetokounmpo isn’t interested in being called as one.

Antetokounmpo is currently with the Greek national team for the upcoming EuroBasket 2022. When one journalist called him the best player in the world during a recent interview, Giannis was quick to downplay the compliment.

Per Pulse Sports:

“You can’t adjust 11 people around me. I am not that type of guy. I have to adjust to everybody, I will do whatever my team needs, I will screen, I will play at 5 if I have to. Right now our team is not ready to get a medal. But we have a chance. When the season started in Milwaukee, our goal wasn’t the championship. But we worked hard and we won. I am not the best player in the world. Don’t tell me that I am.”