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Los Angeles Lakers | #37 | Forward

Kostas

Antetokounmpo

PPG

1.0

RPG

1.0

APG

0.1

HEIGHT

6'10" (2.08m)

WEIGHT

200lb (91kg)

COUNTRY

Greece

LAST ATTENDED

Dayton

AGE

25 years

BIRTHDATE

November 20, 1997

DRAFT

2018 R2 Pick 60

EXPERIENCE

4 Years

6'10" | 200lb | 25 years

DRAFT

2018 R2 Pick 60

BIRTHDATE

November 20, 1997

COUNTRY

Greece

LAST ATTENDED

Dayton

EXPERIENCE

4 Years

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

NBA Champion (2020) Appeared in two games in rookie season with Dallas in 2019-20. Averaged 10.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 40 games (25 starts) with the Texas Legends of the NBA G League last season. Claimed by the Lakers as a two-way player off waivers on July 22, 2019 2018-19: (Dallas Mavericks): Appeared in two games, averaging 1.0 point and 1.0 steal in 5.5 minutes … Made NBA debut on 3/20 at POR and had one point (1-2 FT), one rebound and two steals in six minutes … DNP-CD eight times … Missed one game due to left knee soreness (4/7) … Inactive 71 times … NBA G League (Texas Legends): Appeared in 40 games (25 starts), averaging 10.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.3 blocks and 1.0 steal in 25.4 minutes … Totaled four double-doubles … Scored in double figures 21 times, including one 20-point game … Tallied double-digit rebounds six times … Blocked multiple shots in 14 games … Scored a career-high 21 points with 10 rebounds, one assist, two steals and one block on 12/10 at Memphis … Had a career-high 13 rebounds with nine points on 12/8 at Sioux Falls … Blocked a career-high six shots with six points, three rebounds, one assist and two steals on 11/24 vs. Maine … Scored 13 points with five rebounds in career debut on 11/3 at Austin

BEFORE NBA

2017-18 (Dayton): Appeared in 29 games (six starts), averaging 5.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 15.1 minutes … Shot 57.4 percent (58-101) from the field … Ranked 10th in the Atlantic 10 in blocks per game (1.1) … Scored in double figures in five games … Tallied two double-doubles … Blocked multiple shots in 11 games … Scored a career-high 14 points on 3/3 vs. George Washington … Had a career-high four blocks with 10 points and 10 rebounds on 11/16 vs. Hofstra … 2016-17 (Dayton): Redshirted for the Flyers

PERSONAL LIFE

Full name is Kostas Ndubuisi Antetokounmpo … Name is pronounced “COAST-us ah-deh-toh-KOON-boh”… Born in Athens, Greece … Son of Nigerian immigrants, Charles and Veronica Antetokounmpo … His father was a soccer player and his mother was a high jumper … Has three older brothers, Francis, Giannis and Thanasis, and one younger brother, Alexis … Francis plays professional soccer, Giannis is an NBA All-Star for the Milwaukee Bucks and the league’s reigning Most Valuable Player, Thanasis plays for the Bucks and Alexis plays HS basketball in the U.S … Attended Dominican High School in Whitefish Bay, Wis., where he was First Team Division 4 AllState and a top-100 recruit as a senior … Averaged 12.9 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.4 blocks while helping Dominican to a 27-1 record and its fifth straight state title … Played for the youth teams of the Greek club Filathlitikos AO while growing up in Greece … Played his AAU ball for Playground Elite