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By Matt Levine
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With just a few days left until the 2024 Presidential Election, former President Donald Trump questioned Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo's Greek heritage. He was at a rally in Milwaukee at the Fiserv Form when his comments were made.
"And tell me who has more Greek in him? The Greek or me?" Trump asked the crowd. "I think we have about the same, right? He is some."
Antetokounmpo was playing a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers when the comments were made. He was asked after the game about his thoughts and seemed to brush off anything said by the former President.
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"I'm not aware of the comments," Giannis Antetokounmpo said of the comments following the Milwaukee Bucks game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Fiserv Forum on Saturday night.
"At the end of the day, I don't follow politics that much. And the little that I follow, I try to keep my political views to myself and my family. I'm here to, you know, win basketball games and not answer to non-basketball questions. But, I wish both candidates best of luck."
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The Bucks star was born in Athens, Greece, and is of Nigerian descent. He has remained prideful of his heritage over the years and has played with the Greek National Team.
Antetokounmpo may not care about the comments from the former President but he does care about how his team has been playing. After a season-opening win, Milwaukee has lost five straight games.
They entered this season with the expectation of being an elite team in the Eastern Conference again but things seem to be going off the handle. Antetokounmpo spoke after their recent loss and had a surprising reaction.
"Yeah, I don't focus on the results," he began. "That's not my job. My job is to focus on things that I can do better. I'm a basketball player. The things I can control. I can't control the outcome of the game. I can control things that happen within the game and you hope that the outcome is what you like. And things that happened within the game, they were good."
The Bucks will need to future something out, otherwise, it will be another lost season for them. With Antetokounmpo and co-star Damian Lillard leading the charge, Milwaukee has no excuse if they were to underperform once again.
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