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Named 2017 NBA Most Improved Player Antetokounmpo’s first All-Star game appearance followed a huge increase in pay that he received from the Bucks after the great season he turned in to lift the team to a 42-win, 38-loss record and a sixth seed in the Eastern Conference NBA playoffs. Antetokounmpo averaged more than 22 points a game for the first time in his career in 2017 (22.9), pulled down 8.8 rebounds a game and dished out 5.4 assists a game, helping his team reach the postseason. He was also an All-Star, second-team All-NBA, and second-team All-Defensive, all of which helped further justify his being named Most Improved Player.

These highlights of “The Greek Freak” show why Antetokounmpo was named Kia NBA’s Most Improved Player for the 2016–2017 season.

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