Brandin Podziemski talks Giannis Antetokounmpo’s importance to Milwaukee

His departure from Bucks now almost established, Giannis Antetokounmpo he should soon leave the franchise and the city where he has always played, and above all grew up, since arriving in the NBA more than twelve years ago.

Obviously, the absence of the “Greek freak” will leave a huge void Milwaukeeboth on and off the field, when we know to what extent they will allow the whole city to develop.

And it is Brandin Pod Ziemiaoriginally from Wisconsin, who says it best.

« My father works in the city center, right next to the arena (Baksov) and before (Giannis), there was only the school where he works, the arena obviously, a few hotels and that’s it. » the player remembers Golden State. « But since Giannis came in, they’ve built a bunch of restaurants. It’s a bit like the ‘Thrive City’ neighborhood that was built around Chase Center, they put the same thing around Fiserv Forum. There were a lot of new things happening in the city, it was growing well and it was nice to see. »

Admiring “all he accomplished”

A long-time fan of Giannis Antetokounmpo, who managed to return the Bucks to the top of the NBA in 2021, Brandin Podziemski did not fail to congratulate and thank the Greek winger when he met him for the first time in the Big League.

« It was just (to show him) all the respect I have for him, for everything he’s accomplished. Not just for basketball or for the Europeans, but for everything he did for the city where I grew up » thus brings the 19th pick of the 2023 draft.

For Brandin Podziemski it will even be ” bizarre » to see Giannis Antetokounmpo in another jersey, in the future: ” He’s one of Steph (Curry), Dirk (Nowitzki), Tim Duncan, the kind of players you imagine having a career within the same franchise. It would be really different, and I would even say quite strange, for many people » he judges then.

The height of irony is that “Podge” could trade for his idol and return to his native Wisconsin, when we know that Warriors dream of ‘Greek freak’ in a few years. With possible Jimmy Butler, Jonathan Cummings and Draft included in the transfer.

But as Brandin Podziemski says so well, “ what must happen will happen “, and that’s why he needs ” just focus on the matches “the future.