Both Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers sent along congratulations to Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Milwaukee Bucks star who won the NBA MVP award on Monday night.
Rodgers, a minority owner of the Bucks and two-time NFL MVP, called Antetokounmpo a “class act” and a “great representation” of the organization in a tweet.
Rodgers won NFL MVP awards after the 2011 and 2014 seasons. He was joined by NL MVP and Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich in 2018 and now by Antetokounmpo, creating a triumvirate of recent MVPs in the state of Wisconsin.
Editor’s note: Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun also won an NL MVP in 2011.
“The Greek Freak” averaged 27.7 points, 12.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists while leading the Bucks to a league-best 60-22 record during the regular season. Milwaukee advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals but was stopped by the eventual NBA champion Toronto Raptors in six games.
The Packers posted a photo of Antetokounmpo in a No. 34 Packers uniform, a gift to him while he attended a game at Lambeau Field in 2018, with a simple “MVP” caption.
Antetokounmpo is the second member of the Bucks franchise to win NBA MVP, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and the third-youngest player to win NBA MVP in the last 40 seasons, per ESPN. He received 78 of a possible 101 first-place votes.
