The Bucks star left it all out on the court on Sunday.
Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo couldn’t hold back his emotions after the Greece national team booked its ticket to the Paris Olympics on Sunday.
Antetokounmpo has won nearly every award in the NBA imaginable—an NBA championship in 2021, a Finals MVP, two league MVPs, a Defensive Player of the year award, eight All-Star nods—but now he’ll get his long-awaited opportunity to compete at the international level with his native country. Antetokounmpo led Greece to a 80-69 win over Croatia in the final of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament on Sunday, helping the team reach its first Olympics since 2008. It will be Antetokounmpo’s first Olympics appearance of his career.to him. Postgame cameras caught the Bucks star holding his head in his hands and wiping away tears as his son appeared to try to comfort him on the court.
Greece will compete in Group A alongside Australia, Canada and Spain this summer. Their first opening stage game will be against Canada on July 27.Kristen Wong is a Staff Writer on the Breaking & Trending News Team at Sports Illustrated. She has been a sports journalist since 2020. Before joining SI, Kristen covered four NFL teams as an associate editor with the FanSided NFL Network and worked as a staff writer for the brand’s flagship site.
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