Giannis Antetokounmpo is so shut along with his brother Thanasis that he seems to be reliant on him, in response to former Milwaukee Bucks guard Jeff Teague.
Teague, who was on the Bucks’ 2021 championship-winning crew, made the feedback on The Draymond Inexperienced Present.
“Giannis ‘ brother, after we went down 0-2, he had Covid. So he couldn’t come to the aircraft. That’s why we had been down 0-2. Giannis was tousled… They bought some totally different form of connection. He can’t perform or play if he don’t see his brother.
“I’m being for actual. It’s totally different, bro. He was like, ‘The place’s TA (Thanasis Antetokounmpo)? The place’s TA?’ We in the midst of a sport, I’m like, ‘Bro, we within the Finals, bro. Play’… So TA makes this magical Covid restoration. I do know he nonetheless had it. Ain’t no method, bruh. It’s (meant to be) 14 days, he’s again in three. So he’s again. When he sees him… they began hooping.”
Thanasis has lengthy been ridiculed on-line, along with his lowlight reels typically doing the rounds on social media. However clearly his presence serves a goal when the crew’s finest participant wants him round so badly.
Teague added that Thanasis introduced quite a lot of worth to the crew in different methods too.
“His vitality was contagious,” he stated. “He runnin’ within the locker room, Covid and the whole lot that he bought, yelling, screaming. And I’m like, ‘Yeah, he issues.’ Like, he makes a distinction for our crew. When he’s not right here, one thing’s not clicking. However when TA was there, he made it, he mattered.”
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