Giannis: “In 2020, I thought about quitting basketball”!

In a shocking statement, if nothing else, Mr John Antetokounmpo!

THE Greek Freakwho has developed into one of the best players on the planet, spoke to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and revealed that he almost ended his career in 2020!

“It’s hard. It’s not easy“, he initially said, speaking of her pressure of always being the best.

In 2020, however, which has been a rough year for most of the world, Antetokounmpo has been dealing with the stress of playing for the Bucks in Orlando “bubble”.while he also had all those things, which he carried with him from previous years.

These included the unexpected death of his father in 2017, the grueling feat of becoming MVP (in 2019), the national team needing him, and his tax obligations. All this, then, they had impact on his mental health.

So says John: “In 2020 I was ready to leave the game. And I had a discussion about that with Bucks management. And, you know, quite naturally, everyone looked at me like I was crazy. “You just signed the biggest contract in NBA history and you want to walk away from the game and all that money…?” Man, you can take that money and shove it in your c@@! I don’t care about money. I care about joy. I am a happy person. My father had nothing. He only had us. He was the richest man on Earth, because he had his children. He had a beautiful family. He had nothing. This – to me – means nothing».

Instead of stopping basketball, however, o six-time All Star spoke to a psychologist, analyzing his experience: “It helped me a lot—not just to be a better basketball player, but to be able to be a better partner, a better father, a better brother, a better son. Better man. Not being locked in myself, being able to give people what I feel. Because at some point I was trying to get away from everyone. And I am not that thing. I am very social. I like to interact with other people».