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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.
Antetokounmpo’s story has been framed as a feel-good narrative in which everyone has embraced him—watching him grow up, sign a five-year supermax contract extension worth $228 million, and lead the underdog Bucks to the NBA Championship in 2021. Giannis reveals a more nuanced story: how lonely and isolated he felt, adjusting to America and the NBA early in his career; the complexity of grappling with his Black and Greek identities; how he is so hard on himself and his shortcomings—a drive that fuels him every day; and the responsibility he feels to be a nurturing role model for his younger brothers.
But his backstory remains largely untold. This is how the book begins:
Giannis Antetokounmpo and his family didn’t have much time. Some of these details might seem trivial (the smell in an intern’s car after a trip to upstate Wisconsin to fetch a goldendoodle puppy for Giannis’s girlfriend), but they transport the reader to a place and time.
This book gave me basically exactly what I was hoping for: an exploration into how someone like this comes to exist. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.
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Mirin Fader is a staff writer for The Ringer. It is the story of how American promise intersects with iron will, and heartwarming vulnerability.”―Jemele Hill, host of “Jemele Hill Is Unbothered”
“For years, I have admired Mirin Fader’s ability to tell a long-form journalism story.
Mirin Fader is a staff writer for The Ringer. It is the story of how American promise intersects with iron will, and heartwarming vulnerability.”―Jemele Hill, host of “Jemele Hill Is Unbothered”
“For years, I have admired Mirin Fader’s ability to tell a long-form journalism story.
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This is a person who was literally starving for most of his childhood. A player this great deserves his story to be told like this.”―Marcus Thompson, author of Golden and KD“[Mirin Fader] wrote the book on Giannis… at the moment that he is transmogrifying into an all-time great.”―David Shoemaker, The Press Box
“[Fader’s] biggest skill is her accumulation of details through deep reporting — that’s when she’s in her bag, as basketball fans like to say.
You can buy the book here, or here, or anywhere else you buy books. She wrote for Bleacher Report from 2017 to 2020. Mirin Fader’s portrait of the young superstar is as graceful, understated, and powerful as Giannis himself. They had until sundown to get out of their apartment. Mirin Fader’s ability to find and tell the most illustrative and humanizing tales really shines through.
and the United States. This book is engaging, smart, and unputdownable.”―Shea Serrano
“Around the time that the Greek Freak was busting out in the NBA, Mirin Fader was doing the same thing in her line of work. Though we see him on television as the king of the court, the book reveals a humble soul shaped by his upbringing.”―Washington Post
“Fader is a gifted writer who shares vivid details about Antetokounmpo…the book is dotted with the Greek star’s humility and good humor that has made him one of the NBA’s most endearing stars.”―The Los Angeles Times
“Eye-opening….Over the course of 400 pages, Fader manages to pull at the threads of Antetokounmpo’s Horatio Alger-esque tale to reveal a deeply human story that is as forged by politics as it is by sport….Fader has done something pretty remarkable….The depth of Fader’s Giannis – using basketball as just one of many lenses to view its subject – [creates] a work that feels complete, even while only being the beginning of the story.”―Milwaukee Mag
“A new name must be entered into the conversation of the great sports biographers…there’s enough detail, stories, and nuance to make these pages breeze by without wondering ‘When are we getting to the good stuff?’ It’s all good stuff….The book is simply terrific, and it’s one that readers don’t have to be fans of basketball to enjoy.”―Plainview Herald
“[A] masterpiece…the epitome of great sportswriting….Fader’s book is reminiscent of a David Halberstam masterpiece, as she uses her hundreds of interviews to paint as complete a picture of Antetokounmpo’s still young life as there is.”―The Chattanoogan
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Formats and Prices
- On Sale
- Aug 10, 2021
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- ISBN-13
- 9781549188039
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$31.99This item is a preorder.
Fader has profiled some of the NBA's biggest stars, including Giannis Antetokounmpo, Ja Morant, Brandon Ingram, and LaMelo Ball, but she focuses more on the person rather than the player. Then along comes Mirin Fader with this nuanced, detailed, revealing portrait of a man who has lived one hundred lives in twenty-six years. Fader illustrates a more vulnerable star than most people know, a person who has evolved triumphantly into all of his roles: father, brother, son, teammate, and global icon.
**Instant New York Times Bestseller, Los Angeles Times Bestseller, Wall Street Journal Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, Publishers Weekly Bestseller**
**Mirin Fader Selected as the 2021 Sports Media Author of the Year by The Big Lead**
**The Sports Librarian’s Best of 2022 – Sports Books**
PRAISE:
“Giannis…captures an endearing portrait of Antetokounmpo by using his family as its primary through-line as he made his way to the N.B.A.