Giannis Antetokounmpo will undergo additional tests on his sprained right wrist today in New York, according to Tim Bontemps of ESPN.
Antetokounmpo served as a captain in Sunday’s All-Star Game, but played just 20 seconds to avoid aggravating the injury. He scored a quick basket and committed an intentional foul so he could check out.
The Bucks star was visible throughout All-Star Weekend, but he didn’t do much on the court. He pulled out of Saturday’s skills competition, with teammate Jrue Holiday taking his place on Team Antetokounmpo.
“Taking it day by day, try to get healthy,” Antetokounmpo said after Sunday’s game. “You know, obviously I had the incident three days ago. I don’t think it’s smart in any way to … play a lot of minutes in the All-Star Game. At the end of the day, obviously, you want to participate, you want to run up and down, joke around, have some dunks, create some work. But at the end of the day, I feel you also have to be mature. Hard decision, but mature decision to kind of … take a break here, take care of it, and hopefully I can be available for my team when they need me.”
Antetokounmpo suffered the injury on Thursday when he tried to block a shot by Bulls guard Coby White. X-rays taken after that game were negative, and coach Mike Budenholzer was optimistic that the damage wasn’t serious.
The Bucks entered the break as the league’s hottest team, winning 12 in a row to move within a half-game of the Celtics for the top spot in the East. Milwaukee will resume its season Friday against Miami.
Can’t believe he backed out. He really let the fans down. How is your big mcdonalds champion now? You think the drive thru guy is calling in sick? Give me a break.
Its bitter Lil D time.
And what has lebron done in the spotlight. Run away countless times. They need to get rid of this team crap. It needs to be West vs East. No play in tournament, play 82 or get fined, stop crying after every play. Tired of this new age mentality.
I look at it as a break for players anyway because thats what most are doing. Relaxing a little bit, nursing minor injuries, etc.
Disappointed his friends & family maybe, but I would like to see the #’s for how many fans actually watched the All-Star game. Its one of the most boring things ever last time I tried.
If you thinked that he backed out, you have no clue about Giannis. Anytime he’s not on the court, he can’t be.