WATCH: Giannis Antetokounmpo tries poetry putting on a wise face, fails hilariously

Arguably the best player in the NBA, Giannis Antetokounmpo, might just also be the most wholesome athlete you’d ever come across

Most NBA players wouldn’t want to be anywhere near Giannis Antetokounmpo when he is running with full intensity towards the basket.

It’s not cowardly, it’s purely, as they say in the NBA, a “business decision”. Nobody wants to become a part of those several poster dunk reels on the internet starring the Greek international.

But off the court, that same guy is a gem of a person. In fact, almost all the time he is trying to be the funny guy, so much so that one would have to ask him to shut up.

The man has some insane collection of dad jokes that you might have come across on his post-game interviews or on social media every now and then.

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Its frequency has increased since he won his first NBA championship in 2021. But even before that, he always found time to get in his groove.

When a 26-year-old Giannis Antetokounmpo tried to be emotional and give some wise advice

In the season where he’d go on to win Milwaukee’s first championship in 50 years, the 2x MVP was as happy as he is since lifting the Larry O’Brien for the first time.

The 2x MVP and a DPOY award winner was buried under questions on his skills and leadership at the time for not being able to lead a championship calibre team past the second on the consecutive years they finished with the best record.

You can see him stringing and mumbling words like he’s some poet or a philosopher without a care in the world despite all the pressure he had of winning a championship when he wasn’t even reaching the Conference Finals.

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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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