By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
After meeting with his teammates at OAKA Giannis talk to the press about the way things turned out: “I don’t have much to say. I’m very disappointed that I won’t be able to help the team in the EuroBasket but the most important thing right now is the team. I know that there’s something sort of a panic right now. And I could’ve made this statement after the European Championship, or while in Milwaukee or anywhere. But the most important thing is the team and I don’t want to say something more.”
Giannis also addressed the matter of him making the announcement about his condition and his inability to play in the upcoming Eurobasket: “Some articles were written and things being said. But I said what I wanted to say and no one can express the feelings I have inside me better than myself. This is why I didn’t want the federation to announce it or someone else, but me. Right now, the most important thing is the team because there are some people who are disappointed that I won’t play and the attention shouldn’t be focused on me but on the team.”
Antetokounmpo will stay in Greek for a few more days and he will be present as a spectator in the first game of the Greek national during the upcoming “Acropolis tournament”, the last major preparation tournament before the Eurobasket.