When Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo wants to get to the rim, there aren't many people who are willing to get in his way. It's not uncommon for NBA players to make a "business decision," stepping out of the way to avoid the physical harm and personal shame of getting steamrolled by Antetokounmpo on his way to a monster jam.

You probably couldn't pay most non-NBA players to willingly stand in Antetokounmpo's path -- at least not regularly. For Bucks assistant video coordinator Schuyler Rimmer, though, that's literally his job.

How in the world does that become your job?

“I think the short answer is you’re 6-10 and you’re willing to just take a beating every day. That’s about it," Rimmer said when asked how you get to be the MVP's glorified practice dummy. "I’ve got experience playing at a high level and I can take a beating. It doesn’t wear down on me emotionally or anything."

Of course, there's a longer answer, too. In addition to his size, Rimmer has cultivated a set of experiences and personality traits that lend themselves perfectly to the role he now plays.

Rimmer, 25, was a star high school basketball player at Boone High School in Orlando, Fla. He then accepted a scholarship to play at Stanford University before deciding to transfer closer to home to the University of Florida during his sophomore season in 2014-15.

Rimmer joined the Gators as a walk-on because there weren't any scholarship spots available, but he still had to sit out a semester. He immediately got to work in practices, though, trying to help his new team in whatever way possible.

Billy Donovan, who was the coach at Florida for one final semester before taking the head coaching position with the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, wishes he had more time with Rimmer. He had recruited him twice -- once during high school and again when Rimmer decided to transfer -- and had always been impressed by Rimmer's approach.

“He’s always been a great team guy – even with his high school team, even with us," Donovan said. "He was just always a really good team guy. That’s why I love him so much. I think he’s a winning kind of guy.

"He’s not the most talented, most skilled, most athletic, but you know you’re going to get a great work ethic out of him and he’s going to give you everything he has every single night. Ever since I’ve been around him, around the team, he’s always been extremely unselfish.”

Rimmer played two seasons with the Gators from 2015-17, logging 272 minutes over 46 games and averaging 1.3 points and 1.1 rebounds. He earned his first start on senior night, March 1, 2017, appeared in the Gators' two NCAA Tournament games and had a front-row seat for Florida's buzzer-beating overtime win over Wisconsin in the Sweet 16.

As he neared his college graduation in 2017, Rimmer knew he wanted to get his feet into coaching. He had a contact in the Atlanta Hawks front office, so he reached out to ask about opportunities.

There was a spot available in the team's video room, but there was one problem -- Rimmer had no idea what a video guy did. He was assured he could learn on the job and decided to go for it, learning from current Bucks assistant Patrick St. Andrews, who was then the Hawks' video coordinator. Rimmer didn't have a particular player he worked with in Atlanta -- as he does with Antetokounmpo now -- but he tried to help however he could with on-court work.

When Mike Budenholzer accepted the head coaching job in Milwaukee, Rimmer was part of the staff that he brought with him from the Hawks. Having a 6-foot-10 former college player available -- not to mention Rimmer's progressing skills in the video room -- is a great asset.

“That’s the holy grail and that’s Schuyler," Budenholzer said. "He’s a super-smart kid.

“We’ve started looking for that now. Is there another Schuyler out there? Can we find guys with some athleticism, some size? I started in the video room, so I still have a ton of respect for just the technical – you got to make sure the computers are working, making sure the film is on time and everything. So, you’ve kind of got to have some balance in the video room, but certainly, size and athleticism are becoming more and more important.”

On practice days, Rimmer is one of multiple video coordinators and team personnel who get on the court to help players -- something that's not uncommon in the NBA.

And whenever Antetokounmpo is doing work in practices or before games, Rimmer is there to act as the opposition. Antetokounmpo appreciates the opportunity to practice against someone who can give him a legitimate look at the kind of physicality he will face in games.

“This is the first time we’ve ever had someone like Schuyler," Antetokounmpo said. "Usually (former assistant coach Sean) Sweeney used to guard me a lot, but he was too small. Schuyler’s actually like 6-9, he’s a big dude. He’s like 240 (pounds), also.

"He makes me better. It’s fun working with Schuyler. He guards me with pride."

Of course, there is a clear challenge to Rimmer's job. He needs to give Antetokounmpo some resistance, but woe to him if he should injure the reigning MVP. If Rimmer gets knicked up that's an occupational hazard; if Antetokounmpo gets hurt, the hazard might be Rimmer not having an occupation anymore.

It's a tightrope that Rimmer walks daily, something Budenholzer calls an "art."

“I think I have a pretty good balance of providing him physicality while not taking it a step too far," Rimmer said. "For me, it’s about getting him better and doing whatever he needs and not so much trying to win a game of one-on-one. If he really tried and he really wanted to, he could just demolish me every time.

"Every once in a while, he does and just puts his head down and dunks on me harder than I’ve ever been dunked on in my whole life. It’s not competitive for me. It’s like, ‘How can I make Giannis better? How are people guarding him? Can I try to emulate that?’ Just trying to be as close to an NBA body as I can be whether that’s using my physicality or using the scouting report.”

Antetokounmpo recognizes when Rimmer's being too soft and he doesn't like it. He'll readily call him out, demanding that he ups the physicality so he can get a better sense of how things will go in games.

And when Rimmer is worried he's going too hard, Antetokounmpo is there to tell him he's not.

“He’s fouling me really hard and he’s like, ‘Oh, are you OK?’ I’m like, ‘Keep doing that because that’s what teams are going to do,’" Antetokounmpo said. "I love going against Schuyler.”

Of course, Rimmer's job doesn't solely revolve around Antetokounmpo.

He has his regular video work that needs to be done to ensure the coaching staff and players have everything they need for film study. Rimmer also spends two-plus hours on the court ahead of each game -- home and away. While assistant coaches throw passes and give individual instruction, Rimmer spends that pregame time defending Bucks players in the post, rebounding and running out to contest their shots.

When certain players aren't getting much time in games, they'll often play five-on-five after practices with assistant coaches and people like Rimmer filling out the squads. But when it comes to going up against Antetokounmpo and the team's "bigs," only Rimmer fits that role.

All of this definitely is not the job Rimmer envisioned for himself out of college, but it's one that he has enjoyed and the Bucks see as highly valuable.

“Those guys -- and Schuyler in particular -- it’s hard to quantify it but they are incredibly important," Budenholzer said. “He’s a huge part of our staff.”