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Greek-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks Giannis Sina Ugo Antetokounmpo is back among the trends.
After undergoing surgery for a knee issue that has bothered him for the past several seasons, Antetokounmpo’s participation in the FIBA World Cup this summer is in doubt.
Shams Charania claims that the treatment, which was only a cleanup job, took place a few weeks ago.
This knee issue first occurred to Antetokounmpo in the 2020–21 postseason, causing him to miss the final two games of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Hawks.
In the NBA Finals, he came back and helped the Bucks overturn a 2-0 deficit to win the championship, earning Finals MVP honors by scoring 50 points in Game 6.
To address this problem, he has occasionally missed games, but by the 2022–23 season, load management had become more common.
Antetokounmpo sustained a lower back injury during the first round of the 2023 NBA playoffs, which caused him to miss some games.
The Nigerian Freak should be perfectly healthy for the 2023–24 season thanks to this remediation process.
Chinese basketball fans are in a frenzy since The Nigerian Freak arrived in Guangzhou.
As part of a promotional tour that will also take them to Beijing, NBA legend Giannis Antetokounmpo and his two brothers, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, who plays for the Bucks, and Alex Emeka Antetokounmpo, who plays for the Wisconsin Herd in the NBA G League, flew into the city on a private jet on Wednesday morning.
From the airport, they rode a minibus to their hotel, where they were greeted warmly by a few fans who had located them.
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