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<\/p>\nNBA continues to investigate dispute between Bucks, Giannis<\/p>\n
Antetokounmpo hasn\u2019t played since leaving a March 15 victory over the Indiana Pacers after landing awkwardly on a dunk.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSAY? WELL, I WENT ONE ON ONE WITH HIM EARLIER TODAY. >> JIM, MORE TROUBLE IN PARADISE. THE NBA NOW INVESTIGATING THE BUCKS FOR THEIR USAGE OF GIANNIS. YANNIS SAYING HE\u2019S HEALTHY. THE BUCKS SAYING THEY\u2019RE NOT. HE SPOKE WITH REPORTERS BEFORE FRIDAY\u2019S GAME AGAINST THE CELTICS. YOU WERE ONE OF THOSE REPORTERS. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THIS LATEST DRAMA. >> YEAH. I MEAN LOOK HE SAID BACK ON MARCH 15TH WHEN HE HURT HIS KNEE DARIO. I MEAN, HE KNEW KIND OF RIGHT AWAY WHAT HAPPENED. HYPEREXTENSION. HE FELT IT WAS A SHORT TERM INJURY. AND WE HAVEN\u2019T SEEN HIM SINCE. AND IT\u2019S BEEN KNOWN HE\u2019S MADE IT KNOWN THAT HE HAS WANTED TO PLAY. THIS WAS SORT OF A LEAGUE, A LEAGUE MANDATED MEDIA AVAILABILITY. IT\u2019S IT\u2019S WHEN HER PLAYERS ARE ARE OUT FOR A WHILE, THEY HAVE TO TALK. AND AT THIS POINT, HE\u2019S HAD SEVERAL WEEKS OF SORT OF PENT UP FEELINGS. AND YEAH, LOOK HE IS ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS PLAY BASKETBALL. AND TO HIS POINT, HE\u2019S HE\u2019S FELT HEALTHY AND READY TO DO SO THE TEAM DOESN\u2019T. AND SO YEAH, YOU\u2019RE RIGHT. DARIO THE PA THE LEAGUE LOOKING INTO IT NOW WHERE THAT GOES. WHAT THAT MEANS I GUESS TO BE DETERMINED. BUT YEAH YOU KNOW GIANNIS VERY CLEAR IN HOW HE FEELS ABOUT HIS OWN HEALTH. AND LOOK HE\u2019S BEEN PUTTING ON SHOWS IN PREGAME DARIO. I MEAN HE\u2019S WINDMILL DUNKING. HE\u2019S YOU KNOW FULL SPEED DROP STEP. YOU KNOW FADEAWAYS ON THAT LEG. I MEAN HE IS HE\u2019S NOT JUST SAYING IT. HE\u2019S SHOWING TO A DEGREE TO THAT HE CAN THAT HE\u2019S HEALTHY. >> SO JIM, YOU\u2019VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. LIKE IN YOUR OPINION. I KNOW YOU\u2019RE NOT A MEDICAL EXPERT, BUT TO YOU, FROM WHAT YOU\u2019VE SEEN DURING PREGAME WARM UPS, HE SEEMS LIKE HE\u2019S HEALTHY AND COULD PLAY. >> I MEAN, ALL I CAN GO IS GO WITH IS WHAT I\u2019VE SEEN IN THE PAST. AND I\u2019VE MENTIONED THAT TO DOC RIVERS MAYBE A WEEK AGO ABOUT THESE WARM UPS. AND I SAID, DOC, I\u2019VE I\u2019VE SEEN HIM LOOK FAR WORSE IN WARM UPS AND PLAY GAMES. ASHLAND DOC PERHAPS RIGHTFULLY SAID, OH, YOU KNOW, YOU\u2019RE GOING TO DIAGNOSIS FROM WHAT YOU\u2019RE WATCHING, BUT I MEAN, I\u2019VE BEEN AROUND THE GUY SINCE HE WAS 18 YEARS OLD. I MEAN, I\u2019VE SEEN HIM DO THINGS OR NOT DO THINGS IN ORDER TO PLAY. AND YEAH. DARIO, I MEAN, MY AMATEUR OPINION, SOME OF THESE WARM UPS LOOK LIKE BEYOND HEALTHY ON US. I MEAN, HE DOESN\u2019T DUNK IN WARM UPS. HE DOESN\u2019T MOVE IN CERTAIN WAYS WHEN HE\u2019S ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO PLAY. AND HE\u2019S KIND OF PUTTING IT ALL OUT THERE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. >> ARE YOU SURPRISED HOW PUBLIC THIS HAS ALL GOTTEN? >> YES AND NO. LOOK, DARIO, ONE OF THE REASONS TANKING ON A BROADER LEVEL WORKS TO THE DEGREE THAT IT DOES IS BECAUSE THERE\u2019S A COMMON, YOU KNOW, BOND OR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATION AND PLAYERS, RIGHT? EITHER YOU\u2019RE GOING TO PLAY X AMOUNT OF MINUTES OR NOT PLAY AT ALL OR WHATEVER. AND, AND IT JUST SORT OF GOES ALONG. GIANNIS CLEARLY WANTS TO PLAY. HE WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH NOT PLAYING. WHETHER THERE HAVE 20 WINS 30 WINS OR 60 WINS, WHICH IS HIS POINT. AND SO I THINK IT\u2019S IT\u2019S SURPRISING IT\u2019S GOTTEN PUBLIC BECAUSE THEY COULDN\u2019T RESOLVE THIS WEEKS AGO BEHIND THE SCENES, WHICH I THINK IS HIS FRUSTRATION. AND IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT WAS FRUSTRATION. BUT I\u2019M ALSO NOT SURPRISED BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PLAYER WHO\u2019S JUST NOT GOING TO BUY INTO THAT PROGRAM. GIANNIS IS NOT GOING TO JUST NOT PLAY FOR THE SAKE OF LOSING OR MAYBE NOT WINNING AS MUCH, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PHRASE IT. SO YEAH, I\u2019M SURPRISED DARIO LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED BEHIND THE SCENES WEEKS AND WEEKS AGO. BUT NO, BECAUSE HE\u2019S JUST NOT HE\u2019S JUST NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, BE A LOSER LIKE THAT. THAT\u2019S NOT SOMETHING HE WANTS HIS NAME ATTACHED TO. >> I KNOW YOU MENTIONED DOC RIVERS. WHAT\u2019S HE SAYING ABOUT THIS WHOLE FIASCO? >> YEAH, I MEAN, DOC KIND OF HAD IT HAD ENOUGH POST GAME. DARIO. WE ASKED HIM ABOUT SOME OF THESE COMMENTS. NOT ALL OF THEM. WE REALIZE THIS HAPPENED AS HE WAS GETTING READY TO COACH A GAME. AND BUT HE, HE BASICALLY SAID, LOOK, I, I DON\u2019T KNOW WHY THIS IS PUBLIC. I\u2019M FRUSTRATED THAT IT\u2019S PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS NEED TO BE HAVE HAD AND WE NEED TO HAVE THEM NOW. AND SO YEAH, HE\u2019S AND HE SAID LIKE, I\u2019VE HAD TO ANSWER FOR THIS. AND THAT\u2019S THE WAY THE LEAGUE IS SET UP. LOOK GIANNIS HAD TO TALK. IT\u2019S A LEAGUE RULE. LIKE PLAYERS AREN\u2019T GOING TO TAKE A FINE FOR NOT SPEAKING. DOC RIVERS HAS TO TALK. THEY\u2019RE THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THE ORGANIZATION THAT ARE SORT OF MANDATED BY THE LEAGUE. AND SO DOC JUST KIND OF HAD ENOUGH OF THAT AND SAID, YOU KNOW, I\u2019M THE ONE THAT\u2019S GOT TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AND YET I DON\u2019T HAVE ANY. HE SAYS HE HAS NO SAY IN IT. SO YEAH, FRUSTRATION TO A TIPPING POINT, BOILING POINT FOR THOSE MAYBE BOILING SOME SAUSAGES THIS WEEKEND. DARIO. FISERV FORUM. >> AND LOOK, I MEAN, ONE GUY I THINK WE\u2019D ALL LOVE TO HEAR FROM IS JOHN HORST. WE NEVER HEAR FROM HIM DURING THE REGULAR SEASON. I UNDERSTAND JOHNNY\u2019S POINT OF VIEW, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF HIS QUOTES ABOUT PLAYING WITH HIS BROTHERS. I\u2019M SURE THAT\u2019D BE REALLY COOL. YOU UNDERSTAND THE BUCKS SIDE, RIGHT? WHERE HE\u2019S AN ASSET. THE SEASON\u2019S OVER. IF YOU WANT HIM HEALTHY NEXT YEAR, THAT\u2019S GREAT. IF YOU WANT HIM HEALTHY FOR A TRADE PIECE, THAT\u2019S GREAT. JIM. WHO\u2019S RIGHT? >> YEAH, MAN. IT\u2019S YOU COULD AS YOU LAID IT OUT, YOU SEE BOTH OF IT. AND LOOK THIS IS OUR FIRST CONVERSATION WITH GIANNIS SINCE MARCH. AND AT THAT POINT HE THERE WAS A MATHEMATICAL CHANCE FOR THEM TO GET INTO THE PLAY. SO NOW THAT THEY\u2019VE BEEN ELIMINATED I DON\u2019T I GUESS I DON\u2019T KNOW HOW THEY COULDN\u2019T HAVE FOUND SOME AGREEMENT. IF YOU GO TO JEFFERSON.COM. READ THE FULL TRANSCRIPT. HE HE UNDERSTANDS THEIR PLACE NOW IN THE STANDINGS AND HEALTH AND TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF. OBVIOUSLY YOU\u2019RE RIGHT. HE WANTS TO PLAY WITH ANALYSIS AND ALEX. SO IT FEELS LIKE A COMMON GROUND THERE. I DON\u2019T KNOW IF GIANNIS WANTS TO PLAY 35 MINUTES. I\u2019M SURE HE DOES. BUT MAYBE THERE\u2019S A CONVERSATION IN THERE. HEY WHAT ABOUT JUST THESE LAST COUPLE HOME GAMES 25 MINUTES. LIKE I DON\u2019T KNOW WHAT THE THE YOU KNOW THE COMPROMISE IS DARIO. BUT MAYBE THEY BOTH CAN BE RIGHT. LOOK, THEY WERE LOSING AT AN INCREDIBLE RATE WHEN HE PLAYED. SO I IT\u2019S NOT LIKE HIM PLAYING IS GOING TO REALLY DRASTICALLY AFFECT THEIR DRAFT POSITION AT THIS POINT. SO YEAH, I DON\u2019T KNOW WHO\u2019S RIGHT. BOTH SIDES COULD SAY THEY\u2019RE PROBABLY RIGHT. SO IT\u2019S YOU KNOW, IT\u2019S SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE THAT THAT CLEARLY THEY NEED TO FIND BEFORE THE SEASON\u2019S OVER. >> HOW ABOUT THIS FOR A COMPROMISE AGREE TO THE EXTENSION. 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NBA continues to investigate dispute between Bucks, Giannis<\/p>\n
Antetokounmpo hasn\u2019t played since leaving a March 15 victory over the Indiana Pacers after landing awkwardly on a dunk.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 7:44 PM CDT Apr 4, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n