{"id":495804,"date":"2025-10-05T05:56:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T09:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=495804"},"modified":"2025-10-05T05:56:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T09:56:48","slug":"antetokounmpo-returns-to-bucks-practice-after-battling-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/antetokounmpo-returns-to-bucks-practice-after-battling-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Antetokounmpo returns to Bucks practice after battling COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Giannis Antetokounmpo is back with the Milwaukee Bucks, taking part in practice after missing the opening days of preseason camp due to a coronavirus infection. The two-time MVP had remained in Greece to recover before reuniting with the team in Miami on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAntetokounmpo practiced separately from his teammates,\u201d Bucks coach Doc Rivers said. \u201cHe said he\u2019ll need about three days.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Giannis Antetokounmpo&#8217;s last 3 seasons:<\/p>\n<p>30.4 PPG, 11.9 RPG, 6.5 APG<br \/>\n30.4 PPG, 11.5 RPG, 6.5 APG<br \/>\n31.1 PPG, 11.8 RPG, 5.7 APG<\/p>\n<p>No other player in NBA history has 3 total seasons of 30+ PPG, 10+ RPG, 5+ APG.<\/p>\n<p>Giannis has done it 3 years in a row. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0UIzhQn1un\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/0UIzhQn1un<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Underdog NBA (@UnderdogNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnderdogNBA\/status\/1973781520604356800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Bucks held their media day on Monday, with Giannis participating remotely from Europe. The team opened training camp in Milwaukee on Tuesday, then traveled to Miami on Thursday for several workouts at the University of Florida ahead of their preseason opener against the Heat on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it took a toll on my body. I still don\u2019t feel 100% physically,\u201d Antetokounmpo admitted. \u201cI\u2019m just taking it day by day, getting back in shape. I was able to play a little bit, run a little bit. I\u2019ll be better tomorrow. I have about 18 days until the first game, so I think I\u2019ll be back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old forward, who turns 31 in December, is entering his 13th NBA season \u2014 all with Milwaukee. A nine-time All-Star, NBA champion, two-time MVP, and Finals MVP, Antetokounmpo remains one of the league\u2019s most dominant forces. He\u2019s also one of just two players, along with Oklahoma City\u2019s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, to have averaged at least 30 points per game in each of the past three seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giannis Antetokounmpo is back with the Milwaukee Bucks, taking part in practice after missing the opening days of preseason camp due to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":495805,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16728,16726,17837],"news_category":[16706,16715],"gn_keywords":[17843,17841,1067],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"The Greek star said he will need three days to be back in form","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495806,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495804\/revisions\/495806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495804"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=495804"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=495804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}