Antetokounmpo makes last ditch ‘wake-up call’ attempt amid trade rumors

Issues obtained somewhat heated within the Milwaukee Bucks‘ 112-103 highway win over the Chicago Bulls.

Giannis Antetokounmpo ran the break to get a wide-open windmill dunk because the clock ran out, and the sport was already out of attain.

Bulls gamers did not respect it and rushed to name him out for breaking the unwritten guidelines of the sport.

When requested about that, nonetheless, Giannis was unapologetic. If something, he expects that dunk to spark a fireplace inside a Bucks crew that has underperformed all 12 months lengthy.

Giannis Antetokounmpo nonetheless believes within the Bucks

“We’re eleventh within the East,” Giannis said, per ESPN’s Jamal Collier. “Obtained to maintain discovering an identification. If that is to get somewhat bit scrappy on the finish, so be it. We’re not the champs. Why ought to we play the clock out, have respect and honest play? We’re combating for our lives proper now.”

The previous Finals MVP, who’s been tangled up in trade rumors for months now, took it upon himself to be a catalyst for his crew.

“I have been 13 years within the league,” Giannis continued. “If we carry on dropping, in all probability half of the crew not going to be right here. We’re not going to make the playoffs. And if [a windmill dunk] is what has to occur for everyone to get up and perceive we’re combating for our lives, so be it.”

Doc Rivers’ crew is 13-19 after going via a serious roster overhaul within the offseason. They’re eleventh within the East and out of the playoffs. 

Giannis is admittedly mulling his future with the crew, however that does not imply he is going to surrender on the group or his teammates. 

Now, it will be as much as all people else to be as much as the usual and persuade him that staying might be value it.