By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Giannis Antetokounmpo has zero problem with the lack of attention that the Milwaukee Bucks are getting during their best streak in the 2020-21 so far.
“So what about it? They don’t need to talk about us,” Antetokounmpo said in a light tone when asked if the Bucks are a bit underrated and less discussed this season by ESPN’s Eric Woodyard. Milwaukee had just won its sixth game in a row and 11th out of the last 12 matches. “We just going to keep doing what we’re doing. Keep enjoying it with each other and we keep playing to win games and playing the right way. We don’t play for people to talk about us.”
The 6-0 run is a season-best for the Bucks. Giannis himself has averaged 31.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 7.9 assists in the last ten games while dishing out a career-high-tying 15 dimes in this last victory over the Spurs.
Not being in the center of the spotlight is something that Antetokounmpo rather enjoys and believes it also lightens the pressure for him and the rest of the Bucks players.
“I never liked people talking about us. It just adds pressure to me and my teammates to come in and do what we do,” Giannis said. “And I kind of like it. I just want to be left alone. I never liked the bright lights, I never liked people talking about us. I think it just adds pressure to me and my teammates to come in and do what we do.”
“I kind of like to be under the radar and we just come in, enjoy one another, enjoy playing basketball and just getting the job done,” Antetkounmpo added. “But, yeah, there’s gonna be times they’re gonna talk about us, there’s gonna be times they’re not gonna talk about us, but personally, as I said, I just like being under the radar.”