Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo (ankle) on decision to sit Game 5: “If it’s up to me, I’d play w/ one leg, I really don’t care… I love my organization for that, I appreciate that they protected me. I wanted to play… My organization put my health over Game 5. That’s big for me.” pic.twitter.com/3DDztftJcE
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) September 9, 2020
Giannis Antetokounmpo on Bucks’ balancing protest & playing: “It’s bigger than basketball. Is it hard to do both? Yes, but that’s what we chose as a team, to stand up for something that’s bigger than basketball… It’s not easy.” pic.twitter.com/oUOI8OOl9w
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) September 9, 2020
Giannis Antetokounmpo on why Bucks couldn’t recapture regular season magic in the NBA Bubble: “I don’t know. If I had the answer, I would have told my team… We tried to be ourselves… Being here playing in front of 20 people, 20 cameramen, probably affected us a little bit.” pic.twitter.com/i2KL9wFrT3
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) September 9, 2020
Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo after elimination to Heat: “Hopefully we can learn from this and get better as a team and come back. Hopefully we can build a culture in Milwaukee that for many years we can come out and compete every single year for a championship.” pic.twitter.com/yfqTp8yaRC
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) September 9, 2020