Milwaukee Bucks ahead Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss the beginning of coaching camp managing COVID-19, in line with Bucks normal supervisor Jon Horst.
Antetokounmpo continues to be in Greece, Horst stated, with COVID-19 maintaining him from touring to Milwaukee.
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Antetokounmpo, 30, completed third in NBA MVP voting final season after averaging 30.4 factors, 11.9 rebounds and 6.5 assists per sport whereas taking pictures 60.1 % from the sphere. For a seventh consecutive season, he was voted First Crew All-NBA and earned his ninth All-NBA nod.
“I’m clearly bummed out that I’m not capable of be there with the workforce and identical to, get this ball rolling,” Antetokounmpo stated. “As a pacesetter, I don’t really feel good. I don’t be ok with this. However on the finish of the day, that is life. Issues like this, you don’t know when it’s going to occur, you don’t know the way it’s going to occur, or the way you’re going to really feel. So, proper now, once more, I’m actually bummed that I’m not capable of be there from day one. I would like my teammates to really feel my presence and really feel my seriousness and the way a lot I wish to compete and for us to have an excellent 12 months, however on the finish of the day, they’ll perceive, and if I’m not there right now to see them, I’ll be there in a couple of days, and we are able to get the ball rolling.”
Along with his working mate Damian Lillard not on the roster, the Bucks have determined to lean even additional into the thought of surrounding Antetokounmpo with shooters and letting him function in a “level ahead” position this season. Antetokounmpo is a singular expertise, so his absence to open coaching camp will restrict the Bucks’ potential to put in the inspiration of what they’re attempting to do on each ends of the ground.
Whereas this may sluggish the Bucks’ set up course of, Antetokounmpo might be able to get again into form shortly after he competed at Eurobasket, main Greece to its first medal on the competitors since 2006.
“He had an unbelievable offseason with the (Greek) nationwide workforce,” Horst stated. “He’s in nice form. When he joins us for camp, he’s going to actually hit the bottom dribbling and working, and he’s in nice form.”
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