One area of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s game being underrated right now is his passing but Milwaukee Bucks fans knows he can be a great passer. Remember around 2015 to 2017 when then coach Jason Kidd used him as a point guard?
He continues to be that guy although this time, he has to do it out of necessity, do it with intention, because of the injuries to keys on the squad.
Antetokounmpo stunned fans once more after he recorded a triple double of 36/15/10, becoming the first ever player the third player since Oscar Robertson and Wilt Chamberlain to record back-to-back games with 35+ PTS, 15+ REB and 10+ AST.
He also joined Chamberlain as the first player since 1968 to record 70/30/30 in a span of two games.
These achievements came less than 48 hours since he became the first player in NBA history to post a 35/15/20 game.
Giannis Antetokounmpo the point forward
A team is only as good as its role players and that’s what Antetokounmpo’s current mindset is in the past games.
He is the team’s top scorer (30 per game) but he is also their best distributor of the ball.
The two-time MVP said it is his mission to make his teammates better, too. That’s how it played out in win over the Miami Heat on Saturday with Taurean Prince, Brook Lopez, and Kevin Porter Jr. being the main beneficiaries of his set-up.
“Moving forward, this is what I do. Like, in order for me to be good I need my teammates to be good. I’m going to keep on trying to make the right plays,” Antetokounmpo said as quoted by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“Sometimes it’s going to be for me to go all the way and I think my teammates understand that. And sometimes it’s going to be me passing it, and they going to be wide open because so many possessions that guys are wide open and I try to get them the ball to hit wide open shots.”
Coach Doc Rivers will continue needing a point forward Giannis from here on til the playoffs as his main point guard Damian Lillard is out indefinitely.
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