{"id":491215,"date":"2026-04-04T08:38:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T06:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=491215"},"modified":"2026-04-04T08:38:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T06:38:32","slug":"giannis-antetokounmpo-blasts-bucks-as-nba-investigation-deepens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/giannis-antetokounmpo-blasts-bucks-as-nba-investigation-deepens\/","title":{"rendered":"Giannis Antetokounmpo blasts Bucks as NBA investigation deepens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2310\" data-end=\"2774\">The situation surrounding <strong data-start=\"2336\" data-end=\"2361\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/strong> and the <strong data-start=\"2370\" data-end=\"2389\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/strong> has now become fully public. The NBA is investigating how the franchise has handled his status after the player stated clearly that he is healthy enough to return, while the team continues to keep him out. Based on the provided material, the league has received conflicting accounts, with Antetokounmpo insisting he wants to play and the organization maintaining that he is not ready.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2776\" data-end=\"3292\">Giannis\u2019 words were sharp and revealing. \u201cFor somebody to come and tell me to not play or not to compete, it\u2019s like a slap in my face,\u201d he said before the game against Boston. He also added: \u201cI\u2019m available to play, but I\u2019m not in the game. I\u2019m available to play today. Right now. I\u2019m available.\u201d Antetokounmpo, sidelined since March 15 after hyperextending his left knee, said he has actually been healthy for weeks and does not want to be part of what he sees as a decision that goes against his competitive nature.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3294\" data-end=\"3969\">At the center of it all is a relationship that now clearly needs repair, even if the star has not declared it broken beyond recovery. Doc Rivers stressed that those decisions come from management, not the coaching staff, and said the issue should be handled privately. Giannis used a revealing metaphor to describe the state of affairs: \u201cWe gotta go into couples therapy.\u201d He also made the current divide crystal clear: \u201cWe are definitely, definitely not on the same page right now.\u201d With Milwaukee already eliminated from postseason contention and a four-year, $275 million extension available on Oct. 1, the standoff remains one of the league\u2019s biggest late-season stories.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3971\" data-end=\"4046\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><em data-start=\"3971\" data-end=\"3999\">Source: The Athletic, ESPN<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giannis Antetokounmpo says he is ready to play, but Milwaukee is still holding him 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