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Giannis Antetokounmpo used to insist on splitting the bill at McDonald's

Giannis Antetokounmpo was making over a million dollars in salary when he first signed with the Bucks in 2013, but the extra padding in his bank account didn't stop him from being frugal.

In this week's regional cover story for Sports Illustrated, SI's Lee Jenkins writes how Antetokounmpou200b made fast friends with Bucks' assistant video coordinator Ross Geiger when he moved to Milwaukee, but their friendship didn't inspire him to share his wealth.

Geiger was Antetokounmpo’s best friend in Milwaukee, the one who oversaw his graduation from EDM to hip-hop, and instructed him on which lyrics he could sing in public and which he could not.