The Milwaukee Bucks have been blessed with the fortune of a generational talent in Giannis Antetokounmpo, but his little brother Alex has the same MVP blood coursing through his veins.
At 17 years old, Alex already prospects as one of the best up-and-coming products in the game, a wiry but strong 6-foot-7 with a 7-foot-2 wingspan that is enough to terrorize people at the high school level and give NBA players a few headaches.
Giannis, who has yet to hit his peak as a player, already thinks his little brother can best him at some point:
“I definitely think Alex can be better than me,” Antetokounmpo told Mirin Fader of Bleacher Report. “He stays motivated. He wants this. That's what makes him special. He's not satisfied.”
“He's so far ahead of everyone else as far as overall talent,” said Jim Gosz, Alex's coach at Dominican High School. “He shows signs of greatness at times.”
Yet the young Antetokounmpo isn't competing to reach the mountain his older brother has already climbed, but rather hoping to reach his own peak, on his own terms:
“My end goal is not to be better than Giannis,” Alex said. “My end goal is to be the best version of my own self. I just happen to think that the best version of my own self could possibly surpass what my brother's doing right now, which — I don't even think that's the best version of him.”
This family has boundless potential, some of which Giannis himself has yet to untap. But if Alex has the same thirst for self-betterment and drive to push his work ethic to the limit, he might just be the next one coming in due time.
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