Giannis Says He Was Ready To Retire In 2020 Due To Covid; Buy or Sell?

[OrangeBlueSkies]

“In 2020, I was … ready to walk away from the game.” Giannis Antetokounmpo continues talking, but it is now impossible to comprehend anything he’s saying. “I had that conversation – yes – with the front office. I said…” Wait, what? Walk away? From the game? Is there anyone who loves basketball more than him? What happened in 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic, the resumption of play in the Orlando “bubble,” the public mandates, the empty arenas. The social justice protests. It was defined by mental health professionals as a global health crisis, too. – via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
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“In 2020, I was ready to walk away from the game. I had that conversation – yes – with the front office. And, you know, very normally, everybody is looking at me like I was crazy. ‘You just signed the largest contract in NBA history and you want to walk away from the game and all that money…?’ Mannnnn, you can take that money and shove it into your…” His youngest son coughs; Giannis continues. “…Sorry for my language. But. I don’t care about that. I care about joy. I’m a joyful person. My father didn’t have nothing; he had us. He was the richest person on earth because he had his kids. He had the beautiful family; he had nothing. This – to me – doesn’t mean nothing.” – via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
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When Giannis made it to the NBA, he couldn’t even validate his own feelings in part because he didn’t know how. “In 2017, 2018, DeMar DeRozan and Kevin Love came out public with what they were dealing with,” Giannis said. DeRozan and Love spoke publicly about depression and anxiety, giving license to everyone to do the same. It was such a healthy and selfless thing for DeRozan and Love to do but Giannis was dubious. “I was like: ‘ I don’t understand what this is,’ ” he said. “I don’t. I just… I was young. ‘It’s just basketball; just play.’ But then…you understand: being the MVP, trying to win a championship, trying to help your teammates be great, and then you understand all this…”

His tone is so serious but idk how much I believe it


Entire bucks front office looked at him like WTF


https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nba/bucks/2023/04/11/giannis-foundation-provides-many-different-types-of-support/70091667007/

[DusterBuster]

Yes, I buy it completely. If you don’t get it, you obviously weren’t a parent of a young child during the early stages of COVID, especially those first few months of 2020 when people still weren’t sure about what was happening.

[Rainwater]

Yeah, I am not buying this.

[AussieBuck]

Dude is a quintessential family man who was stuck in the bubble away from his family. would have **** sucked

[Lockdown504090]

This is so Nigerian LOL.

[Karate Diop]

Giannis been on some exaggerate the hell out of this poopoo ish recently.

Mans has a good story but he's trying to 'Bron it up if you know what I mean.

Fake news.

[jordanwilliams6]

I can buy it.

By that stage in his career, Giannis could've walked away from the game and still had enough money for him and his family for many lifetimes. He strikes me as someone who knows that there is significantly more to life than basketball.

[Lunartic]

What does that even mean? He was going to stop playing basketball forever because of a virus?

Why? Was he planning on never leaving his home again if he retired?

Giannis seems like he's just desperate to sell his brand of personality - from the movies with his bum brothers to his comments about having "work for this more than talented players like KD"

It doesn't seem authentic at all.

[skones]

Giannis been on some exaggerate the hell out of this poopoo ish recently.

Mans has a good story but he's trying to 'Bron it up if you know what I mean.

Fake news.

[Mickey8]

He's full of crap.

[Dominator83]

Nah. I mean sure maybe he was close to opting out of the bubble tournament. But he would have been back

[ANTETOKOUNBROS]

Clearly bs

[skones]

Are we going to act like those first few months of the pandemic didn't throw everyone for a **** loop?

[bstein14]

I am sure he was considering not playing in the bubble because he didn't want to be away from his family..... no chance he was retiring for good. I would say in 2020 perhaps he didn't have the fight in the bubble playoffs you saw out of him the following year.

[ejftw]

Considering Giannis is a stand up guy, with traditional values, I 100% buy it

[YogurtProducer]

Are we going to act like those first few months of the pandemic didn't throw everyone for a **** loop?

The anti-mask/vax/common sense guys were running wild from day 1. For those guys they haven’t fully recovered and still are in a loop.

[clyde21]

Giannis really being overdramatic lately

[skones]

Are we going to act like those first few months of the pandemic didn't throw everyone for a **** loop?

The anti-mask/vax/common sense guys were running wild from day 1. For those guys they haven’t fully recovered and still are in a loop.

I mostly remember thinking, HOW do people think this?

[Rainwater]

Are we going to act like those first few months of the pandemic didn't throw everyone for a **** loop?

Yes, but to say you will quit playing basket for life not knowing what the future might bring is quite a crazy take.

[MrBigShot]

Walk away from the season sure. Retire, hell no.