Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo Takes br Home NBA MVP Award He beat out defending MVP James Harden, br who finished second in the voting. Antetokounmpo is just the second player br in Bucks franchise history br to win the honor since 1974. That year, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the third of his three MVP Awards with Milwaukee. Over the past four decades, the 24-year-old Antetokounmpo is the third-youngest MVP winner. He is also the br fifth foreign-born player br to claim the award. In his sixth year in the NBA, the br "Greek Freak" averaged br 27.7 points and 12.5 rebounds. The six-foot 11-inch forward also br led the Bucks to the NBA's best record br during the 2018-19 regular season. Milwaukee went on to reach the br Eastern Conference Finals, where br they fell to the Raptors in six games.