NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo will make more than $48million this season – but he clearly still appreciates a good deal as he was spotted in the ‘low price’ section of a New York City Target on Saturday.
The Bucks star, who recently returned from the Olympics in Paris, was seen in a FiDi location of the store getting some shopping done.
And an observer even told Mail Sport that the ‘Greek Freak’ was sure to use his Target rewards number as he checked out.
Antetokounmpo has made more than $234million in on-court earnings, per Spotrac, and also has endorsement deals with Nike and Google Pixel.
He’s invested into Nashville SC and the Milwaukee Brewers as well, among other business ventures that he’s poured money into.
Giannis Antetokounmpo was spotted browsing the ‘low price’ section of Target on Saturday
Antetokounmpo posed for a picture with a fan while he was shopping at a FiDi Target
The 29-year-old grew up in extreme poverty in Athens after his parents immigrated to Greece from Nigeria.
And he doesn’t shy away from the fact that he’s more cost-conscious that many NBA stars.
‘Cheap for myself, yes. For me, I don’t care, I don’t care about material,’ he said on Serge Ibaka’s ‘How hungry are you?’ show.
‘But for my family, no. When it comes to my family, I give them more than I give myself.’
Former teammate Brandon Knight recalled in a 2014 Grantland feature that a young Antetokounmpo would take home ‘six or seven’ boxes of free food home from the Bucks players’ lounge.
He recently returned from the Olympics, where his Greece lost to Germany in the quarterfinal
There’s also a now-famous anecdote relayed to Sports Illustrated, in which a rookie Antetokounmpo was spotted running to the Bucks’ arena (until a couple spotted him and gave him a ride) on a gameday, after he had wired money to his family back in Greece and realized he’d reached his ATM limit.
The humble big man saw his Greece lose in the quarterfinals to Germany in the Olympics.
The Bucks open their season on October 23 vs. the Bucks.
