Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo will not play against the Suns due to left hamstring soreness. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) The Milwaukee Bucks will have to handle the Phoenix Suns without their star Giannis Antetokounmpo. As first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Giannis won’t play on Sunday due to left hamstring soreness. This is just the fourth game Giannis has missed this season despite frequently showing up on the injury report. He had been listed as questionable on… Source link
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Victor Wembanyama throws down solo alley-oop in wild birthday outing against Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Source link
Read More »Report: Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo agree to 3-year, $186 … – Yahoo Sports
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Read More »Giannis Antetokounmpo says he’s open to playing for Bulls ‘down the line’
August in the NBA isn’t exactly the most exciting time, but Giannis Antetokounmpo is here to save us. In a Sunday interview with Fox 32 Chicago, the Milwaukee Bucks superstar was asked if he’d consider playing for the Chicago Bulls in the future. Keeping in mind the Bulls’ storied past, Antetokounmpo said he would. “I think anybody who is asked that question that plays basketball, if he said no, he would be a liar. It’s a team that won multiple championships. It’s the team that one of the… Source link
Read More »Giannis Antetokounmpo doesn’t comment on refs after Game 3
Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo shouldn’t have much to complain about after his team’s 103-101 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 3 on Saturday. Antetokounmpo was upset about one aspect of the contest, but saved himself some money by not commenting on it during a post-game presser. Antetokounmpo made it clear he wasn’t a fan of how the refs officiated the game, but wisely did not get into specifics so he could save some money. Is that enough to warrant a fine anyway? Sure,… Source link
Read More »Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks bully Celtics in blueprint win
BOSTON — The Milwaukee Bucks did to the Celtics what Boston did to the Brooklyn Nets, bullying them. Rarely did the Celtics see open shots in their 101-89 loss in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. When they did, the Bucks dared a role player to beat them. Boston will need more fight from their stars than they showed in front of their home crowd on Sunday to unseat the defending champions, because 32% shooting and 33 points combined on 31 shots from Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown… Source link
Read More »Giannis Antetokounmpo assists on own alley-oop
Don’t sleep on the champs. They seem to take it personal. As the Boston Celtics garnered most of the first-round hype with an emphatic sweep of the Brooklyn Nets, the Milwaukee Bucks quietly dispatched of the Chicago Bulls in five games. Well, the Bucks made plenty of noise on Sunday. Milwaukee entered Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals as an underdog. That status is sure to change after an emphatic 101-89 road win over Boston with injured All-Star Khris Middleton watching on the… Source link
Read More »Giannis Antetokounmpo Put His Money in 50 Banks Until Bucks Owner Helped Him Invest
(Bloomberg) — Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo had more banks than letters in his name before Avenue Capital Group founder Marc Lasry stepped in. Most Read from Bloomberg The National Basketball Association’s two-time most-valuable player had accounts open at 50 different banks, with each of them holding up to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. coverage limit. That shocked Lasry, who co-owns the Milwaukee team. “I spend a lot of time with them explaining where they should… Source link
Read More »Ex-NBA player Charles Oakley says Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo would come off the bench in his era
With great success comes great criticism — or something like that. Exhibit A: Former New York Knicks All-Star Charles Oakley says Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo won him over after winning his first NBA championship last year, but argued the two-time MVP is not good enough to earn a starting role in Oakley’s era. Appearing on SLAM magazine’s “No Pump Fakes” podcast earlier this month, Oakley and the show’s hosts discussed Antetokounmpo. “It’s refreshing to see Giannis… Source link
Read More »Can Giannis, Bucks be trusted in Game 7 on road?
Disaster always feels like it’s around the corner from the Milwaukee Bucks, a team that loves dancing with the devil in the pale moonlight in elimination games. Peril one minute, prosperity the next. Seventh heaven, seventh hell. It feels surer than ever that given the evidence and health of the participants, the Bucks are the better and deeper team compared to the Brooklyn Nets. They’ll enter Saturday night’s Game 7 in Brooklyn far removed from the club that trailed by nearly 50 in Game… Source link
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