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Getty Image Greece’s hopes of making a run in the 2023 FIBA World Cup took a gigantic hit on Friday morning. The country’s superstar forward, Giannis Antetokounmpo, announced on his Twitter account that he won’t be able to participate in the tournament after consulting with Greece’s medical staff. Everyone knows my passion and love for …
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Getty Image A major international basketball tournament will occur this summer, as the 2023 FIBA World Cup runs from Aug. 25 until Sept. 10. These events tend to have plenty of NBA players suiting up for their national teams, and for Greece, their hopes of making some noise largely revolve around the fact that Giannis …
Getty Image The NBA used this week in its regular season award rollout to honor a trio of teams. We’ve already learned the first-year players who made up both All-Rookie teams, and we know the players who were recognized for their aptitude on the All-Defensive squads. And on Wednesday night, ahead of TNT’s broadcasts of …
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TNT A lot was made of Giannis Antetokounmpo‘s response to a simple question in the aftermath of the Milwaukee Bucks’ season-ending loss to the Miami Heat earlier this week. Antetokounmpo was asked if he viewed this Bucks season as a failure due to their inability to make it out of the first round, and while …
TNT For the second game in a row, an All-Star player was taken out of the game after a hard fall after a player slid in front of them to try taking a charge. Ja Morant left the fourth quarter of Lakers-Grizzlies with a right hand injury after Anthony Davis stepped in front as he …
Twitter The Milwaukee Bucks are almost certainly going to get the 1-seed in the Eastern Conference. While anything can happen, they helped their cause on Tuesday night with a 140-128 win over the Washington Wizards, which knocks their magic number to have homecourt advantage throughout a potential run to the NBA Finals down to two. …
Bally Sports Early in the third quarter of Tuesday’s contest between the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns, Torrey Craig was retreating on a fast break and trying to contain Giannis Antetokounmpo. As Craig backpedaled, Antetokounmpo lowered his shoulder into the veteran forward, which caused Craig to stumble. After their initial contact, Antetokounmpo’s shoulder connected with …
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Bally Sports Prior to the season, not many would’ve circled Bucks-Kings on the calendar in March and expected it to produce one of the more intense and exciting games of the season, but that’s what we got in Sacramento on Monday night. The top-seed in the East and the three-seed in the West went toe-to-toe, …
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Getty Image On Sunday night, Giannis Antetokounmpo found himself one rebound shy of his 33rd career triple-double as the clock ticked down to zero, with the Wizards no longer fouling in a 117-111 Bucks win. As he dribbled out the clock, he couldn’t resist pulling a Ricky Davis (although, in Giannis’ defense, he at least …
Twitter Triple-doubles have become a regular occurrence in the NBA as offenses are built around stars initiating everything, no matter what their position, but even as we see them almost every night, they still hold a special meaning to players. We saw that on Sunday in Washington as Giannis Antetokounmpo, who has logged 32 triple-doubles …
Getty Image The Milwaukee Bucks lost Giannis Antetokounmpo in the first quarter of Friday night’s game against the Miami Heat. With just over a minute left in the frame, Antetokounmpo had the ball and attempted to back down Heat big man Bam Adebayo. He took one dribble and looked like he was about to try …
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Getty Image The 2023 NBA All-Star Game in Salt Lake City, Utah featured a new twist on the current format of having captains draft the two All-Star teams, as rather than being on a TV special a week prior to the game, the draft took place on the court prior to tip-off. That has made …
