Add another uncomfortable moment for Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks.
The star forward who has expressed his frustrations over Milwaukee’s play multiple times this season once again questioned his team’s performance, this time saying that some of his teammates were being “selfish.”
Antetokounmpo has taken just 48 shots over his last four games, including 11 Wednesday, Jan. 21, in a 20-point loss against the Thunder.
‘We’re not playing hard,’ Antetokounmpo told reporters after the game. ‘We’re not doing the right thing. We’re not playing to win. We’re not playing together. Our chemistry is not there. Guys are being selfish, trying to look for their own shots instead of looking for the right shot for the team. Guys trying to do it on their own.
‘At times, I feel like when we’re down 10, down 15, down 20, we try to make it up in one play, and it’s not going to work – we’ve just got to keep on chipping away, possession by possession.’
Antetokounmpo has had an eventful season with the Bucks.
Recently, he booed back to the home fans at Fiserv Forum after they had booed the team’s performance. Earlier in the year, he scrubbed his social media of most mentions of the Bucks, leading to rampant speculation that he was looking to be traded.
According to multiple reports, Antetokounmpo broached the topic with Bucks management through his representatives, but he addressed the rumors and said ‘there will never be a moment that I will come out and say: ‘I want a trade.’ ‘ In mid-December, however, he didn’t rule out that his agent may be having conversations about his future with the Bucks.
Antetokounmpo has maintained that he wants to compete for a championship, but the Bucks (18-25) are languishing in the East and have lost five of their last seven games.