You thought the next post would be about Kyrie Irving, eh? Well, no!
I am going to reproduce most of this story, because I can. Think of it as me reading it to you and hopefully, you smiling.
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PHILADELPHIA — Stolen basketballs. Crashing ladders. Petty refusals and threats of violence.
This was the scene that dominated Friday night at Wells Fargo Center, which unfolded after the 76ers beat the Bucks 110-102.
Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo tried to shoot extra free throws after a terrible game he had at the line. Sixers backup center Montrezl Harrell and a coaching staff member, Jason Love, returned to the court, and Harrell took the ball from Giannis and refused to give it back.
Harrell stood in the corner shaking his head and holding the ball while Antetokounmpo pleaded with him.
“This isn’t f—— Milwaukee,” Harrell barked at Antetokounmpo, as witnessed by The Athletic. “Get that s— out of there.”
As if a bench player taking the ball from a two-time MVP after a game and screaming at him wasn’t strange enough, the situation grew even more bizarre. Love stood between Giannis and Harrell and told Antetokounmpo he could not have a ball to shoot and was not permitted to shoot on the floor after the game.
So Antetokounmpo, who had shot 4 of 15 from the line during the game, in the worst shooting performance of his career, left the court and returned with two basketballs.
Only when he returned, a Wells Fargo Center employee pushed a large, A-frame ladder in front of the hoop where Giannis was shooting. Antetokounmpo asked the man to move the ladder, so he could finish his shooting and twice the man said no.
Now angry at the surprising circumstances he was facing, Giannis moved the ladder out of the way and knocked it over. The arena employee scattered as the ladder crashed to the court.
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There’s more. Antetokounmpo, now visibly frustrated, continued his work at one end of the floor, while Harrell was shooting at the other.
“Yeah, I took the ball, get the f— outta here,” Harrell said as Giannis shouted from his end: “I’m doing my f—— job.”
After Antetokounmpo left the court for good, his brother and Milwaukee teammate, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, walked to midcourt to speak to Harrell. The Sixers reserve center threatened Thanasis, saying at separate times “I’ll beat your a–” and “you better send that s— back to the locker room.” Thanasis walked away without incident.
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Antetokounmpo was still agitated when he returned to the locker room as he recounted the incident to his teammates, who shook their heads in disbelief. The atmosphere inside was tense and quiet, save for Antetokounmpo’s voice as he explained and re-explained what happened.
Then someone repeatedly turned the lights out in the room as players were trying to finish getting dressed, which upset the Bucks players even more.
It turned out the culprit was Liam Antetokounmpo, Giannis’ 2-year-old son.
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I was laughing at loud by the time I got to that last part. I felt like me dealing with my two sons: "Don't make me get up and come over there."
Here's a link to part of the action:
https://twitter.com/dem389/status/15...altercation%2F