Giannis Antetokounmpo’s fame has grown consistently since his days as a Twitter smoothie superstar, and TIME Magazine bestowed yet another honor that will bring his name to another audience:
Giannis stood alongside celebrities, politicians, business and media moguls, as well as other sports stars in this annual list of the most influential people each year. The blurb, written by another legendary Bucks figure, Kareem Abdul-Jabaar, touches both on Giannis’s ascension as both a basketball player and a person. His emergence as the league’s premier talent, at least in the regular season, and its most consistent source of electrifying, “leave you gobsmacked” plays catapulted him into the rarified air with his dual winning of MVP and DPOY.