Who would not like to see Giannis antetokounmpo Visiting with the shirt of a large European. Although today it seems a distant dream, Greek's own words have revived the illusion: His return to Europe is not completely discarded.
The star of the Milwaukee BucksDouble MVP of the NBA and champion in 2021, has left a open door to the possibility of returning to European basketball once its journey ends in the best league in the world. It was during an answer on social network X, Where Giannis did not dodged the issue and, rather, hugged her with enthusiasm.
“Giannis, comes to the Ferection”, Wrote an amateur in referecnia to the current team of Saras Jasikevicius.”Maybe when I retired from the NBA. Fener or Efes?”, Replied the Greek, also referring to the Anadolu Efesanother Turkish giant.
The words did not fall in broken bag. The European fans, and especially the Turkish, ignited the networks dreaming of the arrival of “The Greek Freak“To your club. However, reality imposes its logic: With 30 years old, Antetokounmpo still has rope for a while in the NBA.
In fact, he has closed one of the best seasons of his career, signing an average of 30.4 points, 11.9 rebounds and 6.5 assists per party. Statistics monstrous that, however, they were not enough to return to the Bucks to the top or to snatch the MVP to one of the revelations of the course: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (32.6 points per game and 68 victories with the Thunder).
Anti-American hegemony
The impact of Giannis on the NBA transcends the numbers. In 2019 it became the first non -American player to win the MVP from Dirk Nowitzki in 2007, and repeated in 2020. Since then, the trend has completely changed: the award has been won for seven consecutive years for players born outside the United States. From Giannis to Nikola Jokić, through Joel Embiid and, now, Shai.
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The seed is already planted
But the idea of Europe is not new. Last December, Giannis already slid that possibility in an interview with the Greek media Sport24: “I love playing in Europe. It is more strategic, with shorter matches and less physical load. I even told my brother whoanosis that, if a European team would match the salary of the NBA, I would consider returning”.
When could it be?
He himself dropped him: “In five or seven years I could play in Europe”The calendar, of course, will depend on many factors, physical status, motivation, projects, but the message is clear: Giannis does not close the door. And Europe has already begun to open yours.
