Milwaukee Bucks Daily: Giannis Antetokounmpo talks about becoming a brand superstar

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 29: (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for NBA 2K)
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 29: (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for NBA 2K)

The latest Milwaukee Bucks Daily is here as Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo sits down for a Q&A with Sports Illustrated to go over all facets of his growing superstardom.

In today’s edition of Milwaukee Bucks Daily, Giannis Antetokounmpo sits down for a Q&A with Sports Illustrated that touches on all aspects of his ever-growing superstardom, Khris Middleton is included in the second reveal of this year’s ESPN’s NBArank list and much more.

Between his shoe endorsement deal with Nike, becoming the cover star of this year’s standard edition of NBA 2K19 and most recently, the brand ambassador for JBL, Antetokounmpo’s foray into the marketing world has skyrocketed just as his superstardom has ascended over the last two-plus years.

Like you can each and every day, keep on coming around here to Behind the Buck Pass to get the latest coverage, analysis and offseason developments that relates to the Bucks, the Wisconsin Herd and Bucks Gaming.

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Back to the present, let’s look at today’s Bucks stories.

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Milwaukee Bucks: Examining the Joe Barry Carroll saga (read here): In the latest chapter of our ongoing Bucks History Month, I wrote about the Bucks’ attempt to sign center Joe Barry Carroll during the 1985 NBA offseason and the sequence of events that led to him improbably returning back to the Golden State Warriors.

Milwaukee Bucks: National team wins for Ersan Ilyasova, Travis Trice (read here): Adam McGee rounded up the respective performances from both Ersan Ilyasova and Travis Trice in the latest round of FIBA World Cup qualifiers for both Turkey and Team USA.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo Q&A: Life as an NBA Superstar and Brand Salesman (read here): Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo talked with Sports Illustrated’s Jarrel Harris to discuss his career and life to this point, becoming an incredibly marketable superstar, expectations for the upcoming season and more.

NBArank: Predicting the best players this season, 50-31 (read here): Here’s the second part of ESPN’s NBArank list, which includes Khris Middleton coming in at 35th.

30 Teams in 30 Days: Milwaukee Bucks 2018-19 Season Preview (read here): Justin Jett of Def Pen Hoops previewed the Bucks’ 2018-19 season by looking at the changes they made this offseason, the presence of new head coach Mike Budenholzer and much more.

That’s it for today’s roundup, but we’ll be back to do it all again tomorrow.