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Nigerians react as Giannis Antetokoumpo and 3 brothers set to play for Greece at EuroBasket.

Giannis Antetokoumpo and 3 brothers to play for Greece at 2022 EuroBasket | Pulse Nigeria

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Tosin Abayomi

<p><a href="https://www.pulse.ng/sports/sports-gist/giannis-antetokounmpo-and-family-team-up-with-burna-boy-photos/9ly8nly">Greek-Nigerian professional basketball player Giannis Antetokoumpo</a> is to take part in the 41st edition of the EuroBasket championship.</p>

<p>The 27-year-old will feature for the Greece national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2022.</p>

<p>Giannis a two-time winner of the NBA Most Valuable Player award with the Milwaukee Bucks has the opportunity to represent both Nigeria and Greece.</p>

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Giannis Antetokounmpo and brothers were born in Greece to Nigerian parents.

Giannis Antetokoumpo and 3 brothers to play for Greece at 2022 EuroBasket

<p>Giannis in an interview ahead of the tournament revealed how Greece can dethrone reigning champions Slovenia.</p>

<p>He said, "You can't adjust 11 people around me. I am not that type of guy. I have to adjust to everybody, I will do whatever my team needs, I will screen, I will play at 5 if I have to.</p>

<p>"Right now our team is not ready to get a medal. But we have a chance. When the season started in Milwaukee, our goal wasn't the championship. But we worked hard and we won.</p>

Giannis revealed how Greece can dethrone reigning champions Slovenia.

<p>"I am not the best player in the world. Don't tell me that I am."</p>

<p>Because Giannis was eligible to wear the green and white, several Nigerian expressed shock at his decision to represent Greece at the 2022 EuroBasket.</p>

<p>Giannis already represented Greece at the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China and with his brothers now invited to the national team playing for Nigeria is now impossible.</p>

<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Blessed to be able to do this together 💪🏾💪🏾 <a href="https://t.co/2Wz1uqf7fO">pic.twitter.com/2Wz1uqf7fO</a></p>&mdash; Giannis Antetokounmpo (@Giannis_An34) <a href="https://twitter.com/Giannis_An34/status/1555637196044001281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">y Giannis don’t b playing for Nigeria😭</p>&mdash; sirius🌟 (@mavi4mayor) <a href="https://twitter.com/mavi4mayor/status/1555934338323304449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Giannis born and raised in Greece so it&#39;s logical for him to have a deeper connection to Greece than Nigeria <a href="https://t.co/B7IHTo22LB">pic.twitter.com/B7IHTo22LB</a></p>&mdash; Middle goat (@SepehrEskandar1) <a href="https://twitter.com/SepehrEskandar1/status/1555948404307525632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I get giannis wanting to play for Greece but it would’ve been nice for him to play for Nigeria <br>Nigeria would have a semi decent team if more players decided to play for them nationally but they also don’t fund sports adequately so I get it</p>&mdash; yossy.o (@yossyol) <a href="https://twitter.com/yossyol/status/1555929484469075969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nigeria basketball team twitter be having time for Giannis slander</p>&mdash; Big Hollywood (@ChefWaites) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChefWaites/status/1555924492500729858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2022</a></blockquote>
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