As news broke that Giannis Antetokounmpo would miss out on the upcoming EuroBasket with the Greek national team over the next month, for many with interest on both sides of the debate it triggered various extreme reactions.
From the Greek perspective, that feeling was voiced by the basketball federation, perhaps even eliminating the need for fans to establish their own theories.
In a press release that surfaced after Giannis had announced via social media that he wouldn’t be participating, the Greek Federation laid out a conspiracy in which this news comes as the inevitable end point of some kind of grand collusion between the Milwaukee Bucks and the NBA.