Giannis Antetokounmpo has long been a strong advocate for playing on his Greek National Team and he had been practicing with them in preparation for EuroBasket 2017. Even after the announcement of a minor knee injury, he remained with the team and was trying to work through the pain. Yesterday though, he announced via his Instagram (the post is now deleted) that he wouldn’t be able to participate in the tournament this year due to said injury. For those curious what it said, Eric Nehm was able to snag a translation in time:
The Instagram post has now been deleted, but here is the English translation of his message: pic.