Milwaukee Bucks Daily: Giannis Antetokounmpo Getting Love In NOLA

Feb 17, 2017; New Orleans, LA, USA; Giannis Antetokounmpo during the All Star media availability at the Ritz Carlton. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 17, 2017; New Orleans, LA, USA; Giannis Antetokounmpo during the All Star media availability at the Ritz Carlton. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports

The latest Milwaukee Bucks Daily arrives as Giannis  Antetokounmpo is receiving lots of love from lots of places before his first-ever All-Star game.

Welcome back to Milwaukee Bucks Daily.

If this is your first time joining us for the daily roundup, the idea of this piece is generally to help keep you up to date on the best of all the latest Bucks news on a day-to-day basis.

This column acts as a means to recap what you might have missed from us at Behind The Buck Pass on the previous day, but also more importantly to share with you some of the work from around the internet that is worth your attention as a Bucks fan.

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Let’s get down to it:

Best of Behind The Buck Pass From 2/18/17

Milwaukee Bucks: Slam Dunk Contest History, 2017 Preview (read here): Adam McGee looked back at the Bucks involvement in previous NBA Slam Dunk Contests to prepare for this year’s main event.

Milwaukee Bucks: Three-Point Shootout History (read here): Adam McGee went through all the Bucks who had taken place in the Three-Point Shootout even though none of Milwaukee’s players got the nod this season.

NBA All-Star Weekend: Recapping the Rising Stars Challenge (read here): Lukas Harkins went through the Rising Stars Challenge after all was said and done and looked at Malcolm Brogdon‘s quiet night, plus the rest of the players involved.

NBA All-Star Weekend: Recapping The Celebrity All-Star Game (read here): Lukas Harkins also went through the results of the celebrity game after the fact, and looked at Marc Lasry’s career-high plus some other standout moments.

Best of Bucks Across The Internet From 2/18/17

Giannis Antetokounmpo‘s all-star moment is no accident (read here): Charles Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel makes it clear that although Giannis is a Greek Freak, he didn’t have a freakishly easy time getting to where he is now.

Giannis Antetokounmpo Sits Down With Complex At His First All-Star Game (read here): Gavin Evans over at Complex sat down with Giannis Antetokounmpo to talk All-Star and some more interesting stuff.

Exclusive: See latest progress of Milwaukee Bucks’ new arena from the air (read here): Rich Kirchen of the Milwaukee Business Journal wrote about the progress of the new Bucks arena, complete with pictures of the progress.

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s first NBA All-Star appearance is just the first step in a promising career (read here): Marc J. Spears over at The Undefeated wrote about how Giannis’ first All-Star appearance is likely the first of many such awards for the talented forward.

That’s it for today’s roundup but check back in tomorrow when we’ll do it all again.