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Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
The basketball world has been waiting for Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks to officially break into stardom for the last two seasons. With his freakish athletic ability and insanely long frame, it's important to remember that the second-year pro is still only 20 years old.
But with the Bucks likely competing in the playoffs this season—a year after going 15-67—Jason Kidd's young corps will get valuable postseason reps. More importantly, in the No. 6 seed, they may have a chance to take on a potentially Derrick Rose-less Bulls team, or the struggling Washington Wizards or Toronto Raptors.
With a breakout performance from Antetokounmpo—the team's most intriguing specimen—a playoff series victory wouldn't be out of the question.
He's increased his field-goal percentage from 41.4 in year one to 49.7 this season. Per 36 minutes, he's averaged 4.6 more points a night than last season. His 6.7 rebounds per game are second on Milwaukee only to center Zaza Pachulia.
For Triangle Offense, Drew Corrigan wrote more about Antetokounmpo's strength's this year:
"The improved shooting efficiency is credit to Giannis learning where he needs to attack from the floor. His shooting percentages from up to 16 feet from the basket have all increased, with his percentage at the rim rising from 57 percent to 66 percent. He’s most effective from less than 10-feet away from the rim, where 70 percent of his offense comes.
Of course, his most impressive area remains in transition, where Antetokounmpo is producing 1.17 PPP, and his And-One Frequency (4.1 percent), trumps James Harden (2.8 percent) and rivals Russell Westbrook (4.2 percent). Though, he scores in transition 60.8 percent of the time, which does outlast Westbrook, Harden, Gordon Hayward, etc. Antetokounmpo is also scoring on nearly 70 percent of his cuts."
He's in the top 10 in ESPN.com's defensive real plus-minus among small forwards. Over his last 12 games, Antetokounmpo put up 15.3 points and 6.9 boards nightly on 53.5 percent shooting.
This particular Buck still has plenty of developing to round out his game, but his regular season has shown signs of a big-time breakout in the near future—possibly as soon as this postseason.