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Giannis Antetokounmpo's Brother Had the Best Court-Side Reaction to Big Bucket

Giannis has a Hall of Fame hype man.

Kyle Koster

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Greek national team stayed alive in the Olympics by pulling off a 77-71 upset over Austraila in Paris on Friday. The Milwaukee Bucks star scored 20 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out six assists to, once again, remind everyone that he's one of the best basketball players on the planet.

Antetokounmpo will breeze into the Hall of Fame one day and when that day comes he's own personal Hall of Fame hype person, his brother Thanasis, should be there to add to his own towel-waving legacy.

Thanasis was courtside for Greece's victory, doing what he does best, which is getting amped for his brother dominating.

Check out his reaction to Giannis getting a tough bucket shortly before halftime.

It is objectively cool that this guy can continue to turn it up to 11 even after seeing his brother do pretty much everything the sport has asked him to do. Tremendous energy and endurance from the sidelines.

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Kyle Koster
KYLE KOSTER

Kyle Koster is an assistant managing editor at Sports Illustrated covering the intersection of sports and media. He was formerly the editor in chief of The Big Lead, where he worked from 2011 to '24. Koster also did turns at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he created the Sports Pros(e) blog, and at Woven Digital.

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