Instead, Antetokounmpo found a company that was willing to accommodate him and his older brother. He was conflicted at first, though, with his loyalty to Adidas still poking at his conscience. But in the end, his desire to make his basketball journey a complete family affair superseded everything else. “When you take me, you take my family, my brother, my mom,” Giannis Antetokounmpo told Nike during its pitch to him. “And she (the representative) was like, ‘Yeah, sure, whatever.’ After that, we’ve been with Nike and she’s been by our side ever since.” -via Clutch Points / April 19, 2024

Extensive plans were made for the future, and eventually the duo and their mother were invited to the Greece headquarters to put pen to paper. But there was only one contract on the table. “He brought the contract and put it in front of me, and I’m like, ‘Okay great, where is my brother’s?’” Giannis said on Thanasis’ podcast, “Thanalysis,” per Bleacher Report’s Andrew Peters. “And he was like ‘We’re not going to sign your brother’s today. You’re going to sign yours and then we’re going to bring your brother in a week to sign his.’ And I was like, ‘Uh uh, no thank you.’” Apparently, Adidas made a terrible miscalculation and instantly lost the trust of the future Hall of Famer. That unexpectedly opened the door for a new suitor. -via Clutch Points / April 19, 2024

Thanasis Antetokounmpo, famous and sometimes infamous for being Giannis’ big brother, pulls up a chair and invites us to sit next to him and listen to his guests share their sources of inspiration. And those guests are well-known names in professional sports and certainly your favorites in a Bucks uniform. “Thanalysis” resumed about a month ago and has stretched to 35 total episodes so far, with more planned. He’s not looking to make money off them, he said. Asked semi-jokingly if he offers any compensation for guests who appear, he laughs. -via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel / March 12, 2024