Superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is not in Greece’s squad for their match against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the fourth round of Group C at the European Championships. According to some media outlets, the Milwaukee Bucks winger is missing this match due to discomfort he felt in his knee.
This is the second match of the European Championship in which Giannis Antetokounmpo will not play, as he missed the once against Cyprus to rest.
The impact Giannis Antetokounmpo has on the team and the locker room is clearly shown by the numbers he has recorded so far at EuroBasket. In the two matches he has played, the 30-year-old winger is averaging 29 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3 assists per game. With their three wins so far in Group C, Greece has already secured a place in the round of 16 and even without Giannis Antetokounmpo, the “Greeks” are considered big favorites in the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of the most celebrated athletes in NBA history, Antetokounmpo secured consecutive NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) titles in 2019 and 2020, thereby joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and LeBron James as the only players in NBA history to achieve two MVPs prior to the age of 26.
In addition to his MVP accolade, he was recognized as the NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2020, making him only the third individual, following Michael Jordan (1988) and Hakeem Olajuwon (1994), to receive both honors in the same season.
In 2021, Antetokounmpo guided the Bucks to their first NBA championship since 1971 and earned the title of Finals MVP. That same year, he was acknowledged as one of the league’s all-time greats by being selected for the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
