Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo Earns Distinction Unseen in 50 Years
Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo earned another All-NBA nod this season, the seventh of his career.
Antetokounmpo was the only player in the NBA this season to be a unanimous selection for the All-NBA first team. In doing so, he achieved a remarkable distinction which hasn’t been done in the league in the past 50 years.
The 28-year-old now has been a unanimous first-team selection in each of the past five seasons, an achievement no player has accomplished in at least half a century, per ESPN Stats and Info.
Dating back to the 2018-19 campaign, Giannis hasn’t missed out on a single first-team vote, garnering all 500 out of a possible 500 during that span.
Last season, NBA on ESPN noted that the only players in the league ever to be unanimously selected to three consecutive All-NBA first teams were LeBron James, Michael Jordan and James Harden, in addition to Antetokounmpo, who had just achieved his fourth unanimous selection in a row. Now, Milwaukee’s superstar is adding another tally to his historic streak.
Antetokounmpo was joined on this season’s All-NBA first team by Luka Dončić, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Joel Embiid and Jayson Tatum. It was just the second time in league history all five players on the first team averaged over 30 points, per ESPN Stats and Info.
This season, Antetokounmpo averaged 31.1 points, 11.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists, leading the Bucks to the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, though they were subsequently defeated by the Heat in the first round of the playoffs.
