By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
As Giannis said to ESPN, one of his goals in this All-Star game is to meet with Kobe and arrange summer workouts with him. “When I go to that event, I’m going to try to sneak an opportunity to talk to him,” Antetokounmpo said. “I want to ask him if I can come to L.A. to work with him.”
The Greek Freak who was challenged on Twitter by Kobe to be the MVP wants to know better the “Mamba mentality”. “Not to just go out there and workout for two or three weeks, but to grab a dinner and see the way his mind thinks,” Antetokounmpo said. “To see if I’m on the right path. It’s all about how he thinks. It’s about how they think, how the greats think. How they think about the game. I want to see how he thinks about the game, how he sees the game, how he would play today, would he change something about the way he plays. Obviously, he’s watched me play, and hopefully, he can give me some tips.”
“It’s the same thing with KG,” Antetokounmpo said of potentially working with Bryant. “When I talk with KG, it’s similar. He was telling me stuff last year that I did not get. This year, when I talk to him, I get it. And he told me, ‘See. You get it now. You know what I’m talking about now. You know how your body is going to react.’”