The Hellenic Basketball Federation, the governing body of the sport in Greece, recently issued a statement about Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo's availability for EuroBasket 2025.
"Greek Basketball Federation does not deal with and does not respond to everything malicious that was written about the participation of Giannis Antetokounmpo in the National Team. The circles that created them were directed by 'conspirators' and they knew very well what they said and wrote were lies," the organization wrote in a statement, [via SPORT24's Harris Stavrou](https://x.com/harris_stavrou/status/1957494154461696087?s=46).
"They fabricated a non-existent issue, with the sole goal to disorient the public opinion with their lies and harm the unity of our national team. Unfortunately, this is another example of how some people use the national team to put their toxicity to basketball."
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