Giannis Antetokounmpo appeared fed up.
The Bucks famous person 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 one among his solutions, Antetokounmpo paused — interrupting his response within the course of — and stated, “When you don’t wish to be right here, you may go away. When you don’t wish to be right here, you may go away,” directed at an unseen particular person off-screen.
Now, we all know what was stated and the rationale why.
Pickens joined Massive 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 coated the Bucks a couple of instances in New York,” Pickens stated. “[Antetokounmpo is] one of many extra considerate guys. I like interviewing him. I at all times love being in scrums with him as a result of I at all times study one thing, I at all times hear nice ideas. It was very bizarre. I don’t love being the story. Watching all of it unfold on social media was form of loopy as nicely.”
WISN notes that followers speculated as as to if or not Antetokounmpo had been referring to his teammates.
Pickens cleared the air, stating, “Sadly, it was simply me.”
He later added that he wasn’t certain at first if he was the one within the highlight.
“I assumed there would possibly’ve been any individual behind me that did one thing after which I noticed, he was staring proper at me,” Pickens admitted. “It took me till the tip of the interview. I needed to ask a pair different Bucks beat writers, sadly, he was speaking to me.”
And concerning the sigh, Pickens stated, “I didn’t even notice I did it, apparently, it simply occurred to hit on the actual mistaken 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.
