Milwaukee Bucks Daily: Giannis Antetokounmpo on track to be All-Star captain
By Adam McGee
The latest Milwaukee Bucks Daily is here as Giannis Antetokounmpo retains his poll position in All-Star voting, and looks like a certainty to earn captain status.
In today’s edition of Milwaukee Bucks Daily, we get the latest updating on All-Star voting and when Giannis Antetokounmpo will likely get to pick his team as one of the game’s leading vote-getters and captains, take a closer look at the Bucks’ team-first approach, and much more.
Antetokounmpo has held a comfortable lead in Eastern Conference voting since the first returns were released, but he’s also starting to close the gap on LeBron James for the league’s overall leading vote-getter. With just a few days remaining, just under 144,000 votes now separate the pair.
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All-Star update: Giannis, LeBron remain conference vote leaders (read here): With the All-Star draft finalized for February 7, Bucks.com detail how Giannis Antetokounmpo has extended his lead in Eastern Conference voting, making him close to a lock to be a team captain.
The Milwaukee Bucks’ defense: Built around Brook Lopez (read here): Brew Hoop’s Brian Sampson examined how Brook Lopez has become the focal point of the Bucks’ elite defense.
Sure, Giannis is special, but the Bucks’ success comes from teamwork, not hierarchy (read here): Matt Velazquez of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote about the way in which the Bucks have embraced a team-first mindset, and the sacrifices that come with it.
That’s it for today’s roundup, but we’ll be back to do it all again tomorrow.