Giannis admits he'd never heard of '60 Minutes' before agreeing to interview

Speaking to reporters after the Milwaukee Bucks fell to the Los Angeles Clippers late Tuesday, Giannis Antetokounmpo admitted he'd never heard of "60 Minutes" until the renowned news magazine approached him for an interview.

The CBS program told Antetokounmpo's story from humble beginnings in Greece to NBA superstar on its March 25 edition, a show that garnered its best ratings in a decade thanks largely to an opening piece on Stormy Daniels and President Donald Trump.

“To be honest with you at first when my agent told me, ‘They want you to do an interview piece for '60 Minutes.’ I was like, ‘What is '60 Minutes'?’ Anteokounmpo said after the game. "I didn’t know what it was. But they told me it was really, really big. The last NBA player that was on it was LeBron James, so I was like, ‘OK, cool. I’ll do it.’ "

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Antetokounmpo has endeared himself to the Milwaukee fan base over and over with his wide-eyed charm and embrace of the city, perhaps most famously in his "God Bless America" tweet after trying his first smoothie, a moment referenced in the "60 Minutes" interview.

“The piece was really, really good. I loved it," Antetokounmpo said after the game. "It talked about me, it talked about my family, it talked about where I came from. The most important thing it talked about was how hard someone has to work to succeed in life. It was a great piece by them."

Here's the full video of the piece from "60 Minutes":