Giannis Antetokounmpo Wins the 2020 NBA MVP Award

Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo won his second straight NBA MVP award.

The Bucks had the best record in the NBA regular season but Antetokounmpo as an individual has been even better.

All aspects of his game were either pretty good or elite, except for his 3-point shot. Although he shot 30.4 percent from beyond the arc this season. This is the third-best percentage of his career. He made 34.7 percent of his attempts from distance in his rookie season in 2013-14.

Milwaukee took him with the 15th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft and The Greek Freak has improved faster than expected. Antetokounmpo went to his first All-Star game in the 2016-17 season and was named the captain of his team in his third All-Star appearance. He captained his own team this year as well.

Giannis Antetokounmpo finished the regular season averaging career-highs of 29.5 points and 13.6 rebounds, to go along with 5.6 assists in 30.4 minutes over 63 games. He is the first player to win back-to-back MVP awards since Warriors point guard Stephen Curry in 2015 and 2016 and he joins Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon as the third player in NBA history to be named MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season.

Antetokounmpo accepted the award in Athens, Greece and talked to Ernie Johnson about winning it. In typical Giannis fashion, he said thathe doesn’t want to be called MVP anymore until he wins a championship. “Don’t call me MVP until I’m a champion,” he said.