Dick Garrett, a Milwaukee Bucks employee of more than 20 years, watched Giannis Antetokounmpo toy with the Washington Wizards recently, floating above the rim as if he were playing slam dunk contest, from a courtside folding chair at Fiserv Forum.
Garrett said, “He was scoring fifty-five points and he was doing it so easily, like no one could even challenge him.” “Gosh, I’m thinking, a man competing against boys.”
Similar to what he saw over fifty years ago, but from an even better vantage point.
Garrett’s dominance on the court reminded him of his first NBA season (1969–70) with the Los Angeles Lakers. In that well-known one-name homage to fame, he lobbed passes into the post from his backcourt position to the man best known as Wilt during a postseason run that ended in a Game 7 finals loss to the Knicks.
