Giannis Antetokounmpo would like to be a coach after his player career / News - Basketnews.com

Giannis Antetokounmpo shared how he yelled at his celebrity team like Dimitris Itoudis and revealed he would like to get into coaching after his playing days are over. He joked that he now understands why coaches are mad on the sidelines.

Credit: AFP-Scanpix Credit AFP-Scanpix

Giannis Antetokounmpo took on a new role last night, becoming one of the coaches in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game.

Giannis Antetokounmpo

MIN:33.06PTS:31.83 (57.95%)REB:12.19As:5.4ST:0.77BL:0.79TO:4GM:47ProfileNBA2022/2023

Together with his brothers Thanasis and Alex, Giannis was coaching Team Dwyane, which ultimately came out on top 81-78 with NFL's Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf named the MVP.

Talking about his experience after the match, The Greek Freak was very excited.

"First of all, it was a terrible experience. Alex made the substitutions, [and] I have lost my voice. Thanasis had the systems because he had played under Xavi Pascual and he knew the systems against the zone, man-to-man," Giannis told Haris Stavrou from Sport24.gr. "I was the soul of the team. I did what I had to do to help my team win."

"If they had listened to me, we would have won by 20," Antetokounmpo joked. "I told them as Itoudis does, I said 'do you have character?' I shouted at them, 'DO YOU HAVE CHA-RA-CTER?'"

Later in the interview, Giannis revealed that he would like to get into coaching when his career is over.

"I've always wanted it. Ever since I was a little kid, I felt that I wanted to become a coach when I finish my career," he revealed.

"They asked me if I want to come to the Celebrity Game and hold some meetings. I told them 'no, I want to be the coach'. I loved it, I was looking forward to doing it more than the Skills Challenge I'm doing tomorrow," Giannis told. "It was a very nice experience."

Having become a coach at least for one evening, Antetokounmpo admits that he looks at coaches in a different light now. According to Giannis, coaching the players is even more difficult than actually being on the court and playing.

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Team:Milwaukee BucksPosition:PFAge:28Height:211 cmWeight:98 kgBirth place:Athens, GreeceProfileNewsStatistics

"For me, it is more difficult," he said. "I can think of [Vassilis] Spanoulis. He can become a very good coach and one of the best but I should think he will put in more effort because he understands the game. He sees the phases before they happen."

"I also see things before they happen, I knew that something will happen in the end and we will lose the match because they were not focused and made mistakes. I couldn't [stand there], I wanted to get on the court and tell them 'guys step aside, give me the ball to do it myself' but it wasn't possible," Giannis shared.

Finally, Antetokounmpo admitted that the basketball community is sometimes too harsh on the coaches.

The Milwaukee Bucks superstar got to witness some of the things coaches have to deal with every day and admits that it's a very demanding job, both mentally and physically.

"Why is this thing driving you crazy?" Giannis said. "It was a terrible experience. You have to put in a lot of effort to become a coach. I understand all the coaches. I understand them. Putting in a system, being told 'yes, yes' [by the players], and [they're] suddenly going to on the court and running the other way."

Thank you for being with us! Subscribe to BN+ and browse ad-free.