

Those blocks were critical as almost all of them went towards Milwaukee teammates. Antetokounmpo did just about everything else as well with 5 blocks on the night including a chasedown rejection on Suns Forward Mikal Bridges. Critically, Giannis was focused at the free throw line hardly missing on his way to a 17-19 night. His Milwaukee Bucks teammates struggled early in game 6, so every single bucket at Giannis scored was needed to keep the game close. The Nike Zoom Freak 2 is priced at $130 USD, and scheduled to follow its “Naija” debut with a black/white option on August 7th “Bamo” on September 18th and white/cement on October 1st.In what might end up as the best game of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s career, the Greek Freak dropped 50 points on the way to his first NBA championship. Support at the heel is achieved by a soft foam solution. (By comparison, the Nike Zoom Freak 1 has a traditional midsole/outsole build.) Furthermore, a Zoom Air unit was added to the model with no foam above or below it to minimize obstruction between foot and Zoom Air and Zoom Air and floor. With this knowledge, the Nike Zoom Freak 2's outsole was separated into two pieces bridged together with a supportive shank in the midsole.

To this end, Klein and his team studied the forward's feet and discovered they required unorthodox support when propelling into and landing from the Euro-step. Led by Nike Basketball Senior Design Director Ross Klein, the model's design was approached with one core mission: to maximize the effectiveness of Antetokounmpo's Euro-step. First teased unofficially in March 2020, the silhouette – which has been compared to the Nike PG 1 – officially debuts on July 25th, 2020 in a “Naija” colorway inspired by the Milwaukee Bucks forward's Nigerian heritage.

The Nike Zoom Freak 2 is Giannis Antetokounmpo's second signature sneaker with Nike.
