Giannis Antetokounmpo says Bucks telling him to sit out while healthy 'a slap in the face'

MILWAUKEE — Calling it “against my nature” to sit out games, Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo insisted he is healthy enough to play but is being held out by the only team he has represented in his 13-year NBA career.“You know who you are dealing with,” Antetokounmpo said in an interview with local reporters one hour before Friday’s game against the Boston Celtics. “So for somebody to come and tell me to not play or not to compete, it’s like a slap in my face. So, I don’t know where the relationship goes from there.”Advertisement