![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “His legs were immense, but his torso was small in comparison to the rest of the body.” Zivas, a slender man wearing years of coaching under his eyes, still remembers the first time Antetokounmpo came into his gym. “He was like a cricket,” says Takis Zivas, head coach of Filathlitikos B.C., Antetokounmpo’s first team. Long before the world knew him as Giannis Antetokounmpo - the Eurostepping Greek Freak with the 6-foot-11, 242-pound body and mythical athleticism - the reigning NBA MVP played at the home of Filathlitikos Basketball Club. Behind them is where one of basketball’s best-kept secrets once hooped. Nestled between collections of abundant trees is a set of stairs leading to a ground-level entrance, where a small lobby gives way to the double doors of a basketball court. ATHENS, Greece - The gym sits on the east side of central Athens in the densely populated suburb of Zografou. ![]()
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