Giannis Antetokounmpo: ‘As I said, this year is not the year of excuses. You know it’s easy for us to say ‘Ah it’s back-to-back games’. We got in at 2:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m.’ You know, ‘it’s hard.’ We played a tough game the night before with a fast-paced team, blah blah blah blah. No, no, no. Good teams don’t lose two in a row. At the end of the day, we know that we have one goal against Toronto. We knew that this was an NBA Cup game, a team that was playing very, very well. They’re, I think, seven and one. We knew that they were going to keep coming.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo: So anybody that was booing him today — or booing the Bucks… Okay, you can boo the Bucks — I understand. “But booing Myles Turner? Just think about yourself. Put yourself in that position — working at, I don’t know, your job — for 10 years. And all of a sudden, you decide to make a move for your family and for yourself because you have different goals, different aspirations in life. Then you go back, and your co-workers and your boss are yelling at you and booing you. You’re kind of like, ‘Man, what the hell?’ YouTube | Nov. 4, 2025
Giannis Antetokounmpo: Before the game, we could not stress enough to Myles how important it was for us to win this game for him. I’m just going to say this for Myles, because maybe he wouldn’t say it himself — being able to play in the NBA… The average lifespan of an NBA player is, I think, 4.5 years. He had 10 years of service with one franchise. To be able to come here — to Indiana — as the all-time blocks leader and to be booed? For sure, he might not say it, but it kind of hurt. We are here to pick him up. To tell him how much we love him, respect him, and understand how much he gave to the team in Indiana — and how much he’s willing to give to Milwaukee. He’s — as I said — a great person, great character, great competitor. I played against him for 10 years. I think he gave everything he had: blood, sweat, tears, his body — many times on the line — for the Indiana team. YouTube | Nov. 4, 2025
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