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Milwaukee Bucks Daily: Giannis Antetokounmpo flying the flag for Greece

By Adam McGee

Jan 27, 2017; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Fans show their support with a flag of Greece before a game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre. The Toronto Raptors won 102-86. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 27, 2017; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Fans show their support with a flag of Greece before a game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre. The Toronto Raptors won 102-86. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports /
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The latest Milwaukee Bucks Daily is here as Giannis Antetokounmpo is recognized for his work promoting his home country of Greece.

In this latest edition of the Milwaukee Bucks Daily, we look at Giannis Antetokounmpo’s latest diplomatic exploits, what a Bucks legend of the 80s is up to now, and more.

We’ve also got articles looking ahead to the draft and free agency, something which we’ll continue to look at in great detail over the next few weeks.

If you want an easy way to stay up to date with all of it, why not check in with this column every day where we’ll run through anything you might have missed from us at Behind the Buck Pass on the previous day, as well as picking out a selection of Bucks pieces from elsewhere.

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If you find something worthy of inclusion in the next edition of the daily, send it to us on Twitter at @BehindTheBucks or by email at winin6podcast@gmail.com.

Back to the present, let’s look at today’s Bucks stories:

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Win In 6 Podcast #128: Final front office candidates, Jason Kidd‘s season (read here): Jordan Treske and I returned for the latest episode of our podcast, where we talked about the latest developments in the front office, and reflected Jason Kidd’s performance as coach last season.

NBA Free Agency 2017 Player Profile: Nick Young (read here): Ti Windisch continues our free agent profile series by trying to gauge the value and fit of Los Angeles Lakers wing Nick Young.

Best of Bucks Across The Internet From 6/5/17

Minister suggests naming Antetokounmpo bros Greek tourism ambassadors (read here): After a visit to New York for the recent event celebrating Greek heritage and basketball hosted by Giannis Antetokounmpo and his brother Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountera presented Giannis with a Greek Heritage Award, and suggested the brothers become official tourism ambassadors for Greece.

Draft night gems (read here): Alex Boeder of Bucks.com highlights some of the outstanding players to be picked up outside of the lottery over the best part of the last two decades, and stresses the importance of making these picks count.

Cummings one tough customer during his Spurs days (read here): John Whisler of the San Antonio Express News writes about Bucks legend Terry Cummings‘ time with the Spurs, but also catches up with his present day work as a pastor and musician.

Armory demolition bidding gets OK (read here): McLean Bennett of the Sheboygan Press reports that having been overlooked for the Bucks’ D-League location, the bidding process for demolition has begun on the Sheboygan Armory.

Next: Win In 6 Podcast #127: Front office talk, reviewing Bucks’ centers

That’s it for today’s roundup, but we’ll be back to do it all again tomorrow.

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