Giannis Antetokounmpo reacts to rare MVP feat after Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins

Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo had a clear message reagarding a unique feat related to the NBA MVP award rankings via his social media.

Giannis Antetokounmpo reacts to rare MVP feat after Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

This year, the Milwaukee Bucks wanted to contend for the NBA championship. Making trades for Kevin Porter Jr. and Kyle Kuzma demonstrated the extent of the effort they were attempting to make. Instead, they suffered their second consecutive loss to the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the playoffs. However, this does not take away from the season their star, Giannis Antetokounmpo, had this year in the NBA.

This season, Antetokounmpo was among the league’s top players. He was one of the three MVP Award finalists. He would have received his third MVP award if he had won this one. Notably, the Thunder star, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, clinched the MVP award for the 1st time in his career. That said, Antetokounmpo took to his X to boast about a unique MVP feat.

The initial X post was about ‘Every Top 3 MVP Finishers since 2000, Ranked by Total Appearances.’ This surely caught the Greek star’s attention, mostly because Antetokounmpo is third in the list with 5 top-three MVP finishes. He also quoted the post on X with an important message.

Consistency is 🔑💯

Giannis Antetokounmpo wrote on X

Additionally, three votes were cast for fifth place, nine for fourth, and 88 for third place for Antetokounmpo. Since 2021, the Bucks haven’t contended for the NBA title, raising doubts about Antetokounmpo’s future with the franchise. The MVP announcement follows rumors that Antetokounmpo would sign a contract with another team this offseason.

Even though he hasn’t formally asked the Bucks for a trade and doesn’t have a no-trade clause, he might be traded before his contract expires. There is no doubt that in the league’s history, Antetokounmpo will be considered one of the most sought-after trade targets.

Giannis Antetokounmpo has ‘shocking’ reaction to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander being announced as the MVP

Over the last 2 months, the NBA MVP award gained a lot of attention with 2 main players revolving around it. OKC’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic. Now, many were divided on the winner, with some picking SGA while some were hell bent on Jokic winning his 4th. This time, there was a new winner in SGA, leaving many stunned. Well, the Bucks star who came in 3rd place was one of them.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had a shocking reaction to SGA being announced as the MVP award winner by ESPN reporter, Shams Charania.

What??!!!! Did shams got hacked no way this is true??!!

Giannis Antetokounmpo wrote on X

It’s safe to say that Charania’s account was not hacked, with SGA winning his 1st MVP award. As for the Bucks star, with an average of 30.4 points, 11.9 rebounds, and 6.5 assists, he had one of his best seasons ever, making the MVP race one of the most thrilling in recent memory.

Giannis Antetokounmpo joined an elite list after the recent MVP announcement

The Bucks star finished in 3rd place in the race for the MVP award, however, he does not leave empty handed. He has consistently placed in the top five of the voting every year since taking home consecutive MVP honors in 2019 and 2020. Antetokounmpo became a member of an elite NBA list after placing in the top five of the MVP voting for the seventh straight season.

In NBA history, Antetokounmpo is only the seventh player to place in the top five MVP voting for at least seven straight seasons. LeBron James (2006-18), Michael Jordan (1987-93), Magic Johnson (1983-91), Larry Bird (1981-88), Kobe Bryant (2006-13), and Bill Russell (1958-67) are the other players.

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