By Stefan Acevski / info@eurohoops.net
Miami Heat secured a victory last night in the NBA by defeating the Sacramento Kings on the road with a score of 114-108.
Giannis Antetokounmpo played an outstanding game, scoring 29 points and grabbing 14 rebounds, leading his team to triumph.
After the match, Giannis spoke to The Athletic, focusing on comments recently made by Doc Rivers, who criticized the Greek Freak. Giannis was left in shock after his words.
“First of all, he’s not my coach. My coach is Coach Spo. But he’s a guy, a coach that I’ve worked (with) in the past. I’m speechless. He made those comments today?
You have his number, right? You do. I know you do. You gotta go ask him why he thought that; that’s on him. That’s not on me. I gotta focus on my team and what I gotta do and how can I be better and how can I help the team.
That’s crazy. Never let bitterness and pettiness get in front of your goals and dreams, man. For every athlete out there, never let that (happen). That’s insane, but you gotta go ask him why he said what he said. Not me.”
During his podcast appearance in the Bill Simons show, Rivers heavily critiqued Antetokounmpo’s game, specifically his play style and how it can be difficult to fit into larger team concepts.
“He’s not easy because he plays at this crazy downhill pace,” Rivers said. “He’s really a difficult guy. … I was telling someone this. He has this great passing ability, but he doesn’t necessarily have super IQ at the same time. It’s really a strange thing. And he really has one way. Downhill, forceful. Every play, he wants to force it.”
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