Giannis Is What Happens When NBA Dreams Come True

All hell broke loose when Larry Sanders broke his thumb, got into a fistfight at a nightclub, threw a champagne bottle, adding to the perception that the Bucks were completely dysfunctional. Four years was humiliating for Sanders, who signed a contract extension of $44 million.

Injuries mounted. Back-up guard DJ Stephens remembered someone saying on the bench: “There’s $60 million sitting at the end of the bench. They can’t even play because they’re injured.” He had to laugh – things were so bad.

It didn’t help that it was the year of the Arctic arctic vortex in Milwaukee, the coldest on record in two decades. The temperature dropped below freezing 24 times and the wind was described as “life threatening” with values ​​as low as 60 degrees below zero. Experts have warned of potential frostbite to anyone who goes out with clear skin.

The cold was a great fit for Antetokounmpo. At first he had no warm clothes. He only had Bucks sweatpants that he wore every day. Striker Ersan Ilyasova gave him a pair of jeans, as did guard OJ Mayo and striker Caron Butler. But on those cold Milwaukee days, he only wears a light jacket or sweatshirt and sweats. Sometimes Antetokounmpo would hold onto the arm of Ross Geiger, assistant video coordinator, as he trembled as he walked as he wore Nike slippers with socks instead of snow boots.

One night, as they were leaving the Cheesecake Factory around 11:00, a heavy snowfall was falling, which was the beginning of a snowstorm. Snow had already piled up outside as Antetokounmpo and Geiger made their way towards the car. The windshield wipers swung violently back and forth, but the snow fell so hard that Geiger couldn’t see it. none.

Geiger stepped aside. “Don’t pull over,” Antetokounmpo said. “We continue.” Antetokounmpo, still strapped to his seat, grabbed his right arm with a towel in his hand and leaped forward, extending his huge wingspan to the side of Geiger, acting as a human windshield wiper, wiping both sides of it every 30 seconds. Geiger could see well enough to go home.