Milwaukee Bucks Daily: Giannis Antetokounmpo visits Greek teammates

Greece's small forward Giannis Antetokounmpo shoots a penalty during the classification basketball match between Greece and Latvia at the EuroBasket 2015 in Lille, northern France, on September 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)
Greece's small forward Giannis Antetokounmpo shoots a penalty during the classification basketball match between Greece and Latvia at the EuroBasket 2015 in Lille, northern France, on September 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images) /
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The latest Milwaukee Bucks Daily is here as Giannis Antetokounmpo visited with national team teammates in Greece.

In this latest edition of the Milwaukee Bucks Daily, we have all of the latest surrounding the Giannis Antetokounmpo injury controversy, and much more.

Without Giannis, there’ll be no Bucks players taking part in EuroBasket when it commences next week, leaving only assistant coach Joe Prunty as the franchise’s sole representative in his role as Great Britain head coach.

To stay on top of all of the Bucks news, including how Prunty’s team fares, stick with us at Behind the Buck Pass, and check in with this daily column.

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

Best of Behind The Buck Pass From 8/22/17

Win In 6 Podcast #143: Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Greek drama (read here): Jordan Treske and I discussed all of the controversy surrounding Giannis’ injury and withdrawal from the Greek squad in great detail, along with a host of other things.

Milwaukee Bucks: Signing O.J. Mayo might make sense next summer (read here): Ti Windisch examines the possibility of O.J. Mayo returning next summer following his stated desire to play in Milwaukee again.

Best of Bucks Across The Internet From 8/22/17

Giannis: “No one can express my feelings better than me” (read here): EuroHoops have the details of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s visit with his Greek teammates, and his latest quotes on missing EuroBasket through injury.

B/R’s favorite underrated players in NBA history (read here): Adam Fromal of Bleacher Report shares his picks for some of the most underrated players in league history, with Bucks and Pistons legend Bob Lanier among the chosen few.

Hoodie Melo and the most powerful accessories in NBA history (read here): Rohan Nadkarni of Sports Illustrated’s The Crossover picks out some of the most notable accessories in NBA history, and although they’re most synonymous with his time in L.A., the goggles that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also wore in his latter days in Milwaukee made the list.

Next: Win In 6 Podcast #142: Farewell Michael Beasley, schedule release

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