Ex-Nets Role Player Slams Giannis Antetokounmpo for Injuring All-Star During Bucks' Title Run

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Ex-Nets Role Player Slams Giannis Antetokounmpo for Injuring All-Star During Bucks' Title Run
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The superstar power forward earned a Finals MVP during a six-game victory against the Phoenix Suns.

Milwaukee Bucks All-NBA superstar power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo claimed his first — and, thus far, only — league title while leading his club through a then-deep Eastern Conference in the 2021 playoffs, en route to a six-game series against the Phoenix Suns.On his path to championship glory, however, there was some collateral damage.Now, three seasons later, a former Brooklyn Nets role player is calling him out for his involvement in the injury of a then-Nets superstar nemesis.

That stacked Brooklyn roster was led by three future first-ballot Hall of Famers in forward Kevin Durant, Irving, and guard James Harden. Various extenuating circumstances would quickly break it apart, but that postseason represented its best chance at realizing its on-paper promise and winning it all, with an absolutely humming offense.Brooklyn fell in seven games.

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