“Humble merchant” – Giannis Antetokounmpo’s CLAIM of not wanting to be the face of the NBA has fans talking on social media

NBA fans feel Giannis Antetokounmpo has taken it too far with his humble persona after his latest comments on being the face of the league

“Humble merchant” – Giannis Antetokounmpo’s CLAIM of not wanting to be the face of the NBA has fans talking on social media

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Giannis Antetokounmpo has yet again given one of his funny press conference answers but fans aren’t ready to buy it this time. The Greek Freak was asked if he wants to be the face of the new NBA and his response was – “I really don’t want to be the face of the league. … I want to be the best role player to ever play this game.” The 2x MVP and NBA Champion was met with mixed responses from fans on his attempt at downplaying his aspirations.

“I just want to hoop. … If that makes me the face of the league, great. But that’s not my focus,” said Giannis Antetokounmpo in conversation with the Washington Post. Antetokounmpo has certainly inspired millions over the world with his NBA story and how he went from a skinny kid to a dominating champion. The Greek Freak is having an MVP-level campaign and was interviewed in regard to his opinions on the MVP race.

“It’s crazy. You’ll see people paved the way for us before, a guy from outside America can be great in the league. And now we came to the league and now we’re doing it. Now we’re franchise players and teams are building a team around us. Kids from Africa, kids from Europe are coming to the league“, said Antetokounmpo. Giannis feels that his influence in terms of popularizing the game is more valuable to him than being the face of the league.

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NBA Twitter however, did not show love to Giannis Antetokounmpo for his comments

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“Fake humble,” said one fan on Twitter in reaction to these comments. Giannis has maintained a humble figure throughout his NBA career despite being an avid trash-talker and a competitive player. Fans feel that Giannis does this only to keep his narrative as a humble player while he dominates every night. Antetokounmpo is known to downplay comments about his legacy with jokes like these, which are starting to annoy fans.

Fans were annoyed at Gianni for not being candid on his greatness by saying – “Man been the best player for about three years now.” Anteokounmpo has won 2 of the last four league MVPs and became one of the only players to win league MVP and DPOY in the same season. Giannis is undeniably one of the faces of the league, even if he does not want to be.

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NBA fans overall felt that Giannis was going too far with the fake humble persona. However, some fans did appreciate it and said they liked that he was fake humble. Maintaining a persona and playing how he does people who look up to him to be humble. Giannis, however, has been running this joke for a long time, and some fans feel he has run it to the ground

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