The Milwaukee Bucks won 60 games last season which elevated the franchise into a contender. It shocked the entire league but several analysts believe that the Bucks' success will be shortlived. For the 2019-20 season, Giannis Antetokounmpo wants to prove that last year was not a fluke.
The Greek Freak shared that everybody in the team wants to prove that last year's 60-win season wasn't just a twist of fate. Being hungry is something innate in them.
“Being hungry is in your nature,” Antetokounmpo said, per Matt Velazquez of the Journal Sentinel. “You cannot flip a switch and be hungry or somebody make you hungry. … I think everybody on this team wants to show that last year wasn’t just a year by accident, that we just won 60 games.
In addition to this, Antetokounmpo knows that the rest of the league will be coming after them. As the best team in the 2018-19 regular season, the Bucks have a huge target on their backs. And they have to respond to this new reality and the challenges that it will bring.
“I think we were a great team and we got better, but obviously there’s going to be a lot of teams that expect us, that know us now and they’re going to play harder. They’re going to want to beat the Bucks in the Fiserv Forum. When they play against us they’re going to play hard. We’ve just got to be ready. They’re not going to give us nothing. We’ve got to go out there and take everything that we want and we’ve got to earn everything.”
The Bucks were seemingly booted out of the radar amid the big free agent signings and player movements in the offseason. But as the 2019-20 season gets underway, Antetokounmpo and crew are bent on letting everyone know that they're still here.
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