Giannis Antetokounmpo plays basketball like we’ve never quite seen before. He’s just about 7 feet tall with strides that seemingly stretch out forever, and he moves like a point guard. The 94-foot-long, 50-foot-wide basketball court is barely large enough to contain him. This is most obvious on a fast break, where Antetokounmpo will cover the court in a few steps or a single dribble.
Every time Giannis Antetokounmpo has gone from half court to the rim in 1 dribble
Giannis is impossible to even understand when he does things like this.


The incredible way Antetokounmpo travels from Point A to Point B makes it feel like he’s playing a different sport altogether. There’s nothing more alien about him than when he travels from the half-court line to the rim while dribbling the ball just once. It’s hardly ever a travel, even if it looks like one. Antetokounmpo is magical when he gets in positions like this.
This most recently happened on Saturday, but that’s far from the only time. Here’s an incomplete list of times that Antetokounmpo traveled half of the court needing only one dribble, with a couple instances where he went the full court in just a few dribbles.
If you have more instances, please comment or tweet them at me so we can keep making this a complete and thorough list.
Dec. 16 vs. Rockets
WHERE GIANNIS TOOK OFF
THE ANALYTICS
- DRIBBLES: One
- STEPS: Six
- APPROX. DISTANCE: 55 feet
- AVERAGE DISTANCE: 9.2 feet per step
Dec. 11 vs. Celtics
WHERE GIANNIS TOOK OFF
THE ANALYTICS
- DRIBBLES: One
- STEPS: Four
- APPROX. DISTANCE: 40 feet
- AVERAGE DISTANCE: 10 feet per step
Oct. 21 vs. Trail Blazers
WHERE GIANNIS TOOK OFF
THE ANALYTICS
- DRIBBLES: One
- STEPS: Five
- APPROX. DISTANCE: 42 feet
- AVERAGE DISTANCE: 8.4 feet per step
April 22, vs. Raptors
WHERE GIANNIS TOOK OFF
THE ANALYTICS
- DRIBBLES: One
- STEPS: Five
- APPROX. DISTANCE: 41 feet
- AVERAGE DISTANCE: 8.2 feet per step
March 14, 2016, vs. Nets
WHERE GIANNIS TOOK OFF
THE ANALYTICS
- DRIBBLES: Three
- STEPS: 10
- APPROX. DISTANCE: 79 feet
- AVERAGE DISTANCE: 7.9 feet per step
Dec. 30, 2015, vs. Thunder
WHERE GIANNIS TOOK OFF
THE ANALYTICS
- DRIBBLES: One
- STEPS: Six
- APPROX. DISTANCE: 49 feet
- AVERAGE DISTANCE: 8.2 feet per step
April 10, 2015, vs. Knicks
WHERE GIANNIS TOOK OFF
THE ANALYTICS
- DRIBBLES: Five
- STEPS: 14
- APPROX. DISTANCE: 92 feet
- AVERAGE DISTANCE: 6.6 feet per step
- One of the dribbles is an around-the-back variety, and Antetokounmpo still manages to average nearly seven feet per step.
Aug. 22, 2014, Greece vs. Turkey
WHERE GIANNIS TOOK OFF
THE ANALYTICS
- DRIBBLES: Two
- STEPS: Eight
- APPROX. DISTANCE: 73 feet
- AVERAGE DISTANCE: 9.1 feet per step



















