For the first time ever, the Milwaukee Bucks had three siblings playing on the same NBA roster. Alex Antetokounmpo, the 24-year-old brother of superstar Giannis and Thanasis, entered Tuesday night’s game against the Dallas Mavericks and scored his first points in the NBA.
According to Sports Illustrated, Alex, the youngest of the Antetokounmpo brothers, hit three foul shots in joining his older brothers in the history book.
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While standing in street clothes on the sideline, Giannis walked toward the court to retrieve the basketball so his brother could have a memento.
“It’s really cool,” Bucks head coach Doc Rivers said after the game. “Giannis told me his hands were sweating. I thought that was hilarious. … Giannis grabbed my hands and said ‘My hands are sweating. I’m so nervous right now for my brother.’ To see him make the free throws and play—listen, three family members in the NBA, that’s a pretty cool moment for him.”
The Bucks beat the Mavericks, 123 to 99.
This season has seen a few historical family feats in the NBA. Los Angeles Lakers teammates LeBron James and his son, Bronny, who entered the history books last season as the first father-and-son duo to play on the same team, made history as the first father-son tandem to record an assist in a game last month.
Meanwhile, when the Golden State Warriors signed Seth Curry, he joined his future Hall of Fame brother, sharpshooter Stephen, on the roster, joining the Antetokounmpo brothers as having siblings on the same roster.
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