The Bucks may have lost in Cleveland to the Cavaliers, but that did not stop the appetite of Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The Greek NBA champion appeared at the press conference after the match with a bucket of chicken wings.
Giannis really brought a bucket of wings to the postgame presser & started chowing down. 🤣🍗 pic.twitter.com/Eurg1kSl0E
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) January 27, 2022
He opened the lid, started eating and at the same time listened to questions and answered them!
As the Bucks admitted, they may have played crap, but the wings must have been very tasty!
Last summer a well-known chain of chicken restaurants in the USA had offered free food for life to Giannis after he had advertised it by placing an order which everyone saw on Instagram Live!
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Meanwhile, Antetokounmpo and tennis star Maria Sakkari have been voted Greece’s Top Athletes of 2021 at the 68th Panhellenic Sports Press Association (PSAT) awards ceremony held last month.
The annual event celebrates and honours, athletes, teams, coaches and sporting personalities who stood our for their ethos, sporting and social contribution.
It came as no surprise when Giannis was announced as Greece’s Top Athlete of The Year, again, given his contribution to sports and current track record:
In November, Antetokounmpo reached 600 NBA appearances with historic stats (21 points with 57.7% 2 points, 28.7% 3 points, 71.7% shots, 9.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.3 blocks per 32.5 minutes played).
He was named MVP in the NBA All-Star Game, while he was included in the top five of last season and named Athlete of the Year by GQ.
It also didn’t come as any surprise to see our Maria Sakkari voted Greece’s top female athlete of the year for 2021 top athlete for 2021.
The “golden” girl of Greek tennis reached the semifinals in two Grand Slams during the year, the US Open and Roland Garros, making No. 6 in the world rankings (from No. 22 in November 2020), for the first time in her career.
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