Giannis Antetokounmpo appeared fed up.
The Bucks celebrity snapped at reporter Pat Pickens of the Related Press after a 116-94 loss to the New York Knicks in Madison Sq. Backyard on Friday.
Whereas within the locker room following the defeat, Antetokounmpo had been fielding questions in a media scrum.
Throughout certainly one of his solutions, Antetokounmpo paused — interrupting his response within the course of — and mentioned, “If you don’t want to be here, you can leave. If you don’t want to be here, you can leave,” directed at an unseen particular person off-screen.
Now, we all know what was mentioned and the explanation why.
Pickens joined Large 12 Sports activities Saturday on WISN 12 to element what occurred from his standpoint, admitting that he subconsciously sighed whereas Antetokounmpo was talking.
“I’ve covered the Bucks a few times in New York,” Pickens mentioned. “[Antetokounmpo is] one of the more thoughtful guys. I love interviewing him. I always love being in scrums with him because I always learn something, I always hear great thoughts. It was very weird. I don’t love being the story. Watching it all unfold on social media was kind of crazy as well.”
WISN notes that followers speculated as as to if or not Antetokounmpo had been referring to his teammates.
Pickens cleared the air, stating, “Unfortunately, it was just me.”
He later added that he wasn’t positive at first if he was the one within the highlight.
“I thought there might’ve been somebody behind me that did something and then I realized, he was staring right at me,” Pickens admitted. “It took me until the end of the interview. I had to ask a couple other Bucks beat writers, unfortunately, he was talking to me.”
And relating to the sigh, Pickens mentioned, “I didn’t even realize I did it, apparently, it just happened to hit at the exact wrong time.”
The Bucks are within the midst of a depressing begin to their season.
The loss dropped Milwaukee to 2-7 on the yr and Antetokounmpo has already been linked to commerce rumors, which incorporates the Knicks.
