Greece’s superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo has reportedly missed the first few exhibition games for EuroBasket 2025 with his national team due to unpaid insurance.
With many NBA stars already making their summer debuts for their respective national teams, Greece’s superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo has yet to play in a friendly game for his country this summer.
The reason for that may have been revealed. According to Greek outlet SDNA, Giannis’ absence from Greece’s first EuroBasket warm-up games is due to unpaid insurance.
"Giannis’ appearance is just one payment away — a payment that would ensure insurance coverage in case of an accident or bad moment," SDNA reports.
"When will that happen? The national coach wasn’t even sure if Giannis would play on 14/08 in Thessaloniki in the next friendly against Montenegro.”
Credit HBF
"Perhaps because the Bucks are waiting to see whether the much-talked-about trade will happen or if Giannis will stay in Milwaukee. Otherwise, the agreement will have to be made with his next team," SDNA notes.
"Logic says the alarm will be over within the next ten days. Still, the HBF (Greek Basketball Federation) remains deafeningly absent and exposed before Greek fans, who wonder why Giannis Antetokounmpo isn’t training with the rest of the team and why he isn’t playing in the friendlies," they add.
Greece have already played three preparation games for EuroBasket 2025, suffering two losses in those outings.
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