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Giannis : the improbable rise of an NBA MVP
- Title
- Giannis : the improbable rise of an NBA MVP / Mirin Fader.
- Author
- Fader, Mirin
- Publication
- New York, NY : Hachette Books, 2021.
- ©2021
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- Description
- xvi, 379 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm
- Summary
- "As the face of the NBA's new world order, Giannis Antetokounmpo has overcome unfathomable obstacles to become a symbol of hope for people all over the world, the personification of the American Dream. But his backstory remains largely untold, and Fader unearths new information about the childhood that shaped "The Greek Freak"--from sleeping side by side with his brothers to selling trinkets on the side of the street with his family to the racism he experienced in Greece. Antetokounmpo grew up in an era when Golden Dawn, Greek's far-right, anti-immigrant party, patrolled his neighborhood, and his status as an illegal immigrant largely prevented him from playing for Greek's top clubs, making his rise to the NBA all the more improbable. Fader tells a deeply-human story of how an unknown, skinny, Black-Greek teen, who played in the country's lowest pro division and was seen as a draft gamble, transformed his body and his game into MVP material"--Provided by publisher.
- Alternative Title
- Giannis
- Improbable rise of an NBA MVP
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-369) and index.
- Contents
- Hunger -- Dreaming -- Stateless -- Found -- America -- Lonely -- Hope -- Reunited -- Mean -- Star -- Loss -- Identity -- Freak -- MVP -- Home.
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-1320
- ISBN
- 9780306924125
- 0306924129
- LCCN
- 2021939362
- OCLC
- 1226564342
- Author
- Fader, Mirin, author.
- Title
- Giannis : the improbable rise of an NBA MVP / Mirin Fader.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Hachette Books, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-369) and index.
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-1320