Antetokounmpo signs biggest NBA deal in history

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VIDEO SHOWS: FILE FOOTAGE OF GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO

SHOWS: PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - JANUARY 23, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

1. GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO TRAINING WITH MILWAUKEE BUCKS

2. GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO SITTING

3. ANTETOKOUNMPO SITTING ON SCORER'S TABLE WITH TEAM-MATES

4. ANTETOKOUNMPO WALKING ONTO COURT REPLACING KHRIS MIDDLETON

5. ANTETOKOUNMPO IN ACTION

6. CLOSE-UP OF ANTETOKOUNMPO AND PAN TO HIS SHOES

7. ANTETOKOUNMPO SHOOTING A FREE THROW

8. BALL IN THE NET

9. ANTETOKOUNMPO ON BENCH, WIPING HIS FACE WITH TOWEL

10. ANTETOKOUNMPO ARRIVING AT A NEWS CONFERENCE

11. ANTETOKOUNMPO SPEAKING AT A NEWS CONFERENCE

ATHENS, GREECE (FILE - JUNE 28, 2019) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

12. ANTETOKOUNMPO WALKING ON STAGE AT ATHENS CONFERENCE HALL AS PART OF A PRESENTATION OF HIS NIKE SIGNATURE SHOE, GREETING PRESENTER AND SHOE DESIGNER ROSS KLEIN

13. ANTETOKOUNMPO'S BROTHER THANASIS WHO PLAYS FOR GREECE'S PANATHINAIKOS BASKETBALL TEAM COMING ON STAGE WITH ONE OF THE SHOES THAT WAS DESIGNED IN MEMORY OF THEIR DECEASED FATHER, GIVES TO PRESENTER, PRESENTER GIVES TO GIANNIS

14. VARIOUS OF ANTETOKOUNMPO BROTHERS STANDING ON STAGE HOLDING RANGE OF NIKE SIGNATURE SHOE

ATHENS, GREECE (JUNE 24, 2017) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

15. THANASIS AND GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO BROTHERS POSING FOR PICTURES WITH ONASSIS FOUNDATION CULTURE DIRECTOR, AFRODITI PANAYIOTAKOU

STORY: Reigning National Basketball Association (NBA) MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo has signed a five-year contract extension to stay with the Milwaukee Bucks, the 26-year-old said on Tuesday (December 15).

"This is my home, this is my city," Antetokounmpo wrote on Twitter. "I'm blessed to be able to be a part of the Milwaukee Bucks for the next 5 years. Let's make these years count. The show goes on, let's get it."

The "supermax" deal is worth $228 million, ESPN reported https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1338913198775422977, and will go into effect after the 2020-2021 season, which starts on Dec. 22.

The four-time All-Star, who also claimed MVP honors in 2019, was born in Athens with his outsized talent earning him the nickname "the Greek Freak."

He averaged 29.5 points per game in the 2019-2020 regular season and led the Bucks to the conference semi-finals, where they were upset by the Miami Heat in five games.

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