Giannis Antetokounmpo and his bronze medal run at EuroBasket 2025 was overshadowed by an alarming incident involving his household.
After Greece fell to Turkey within the semifinal, Giannis’s spouse Mariah revealed she obtained a dying risk from a Turkish fan on social media, per BasketNews. She instantly known as out the message in a public submit.
“Folks on this world are so disappointing! Throughout a basketball! I hope that these making hateful feedback and sending disgusting messages to my household are happy with yourselves,” Mariah wrote.
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s spouse, Mariah, shared that her and their household obtained dying threats throughout EuroBasket 2025 😢 pic.twitter.com/dX6s0FLYCU
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“However because you wish to attain out to me privately I’ll remember to let the world know publically who you might be!” Mariah continued.
“And to all Turkiye followers, congratulations in your medal, yall have a tremendous group! Nevertheless to your followers, there’s no place for this kind of habits in sports activities. Really there’s no place for this kind of habits interval!”
The incident got here simply in the future earlier than Greece rebounded to safe bronze with a dramatic 92-89 victory over Finland. Giannis was emotional after the sport, seen crying as Greece stood on the rostrum for the primary time since 2009.
Later that evening, the two-time NBA MVP stated, “Take the f**king Turkey flag out,” on an Instagram Stay session.
In addition to the dying threats, Giannis was known as out by Turkish massive Alperen Sengun.
The Bucks star later apologised for the outburst on his IG reside.
On his Instagram story, Giannis wrote:
“Throughout my reside feed, I made an inappropriate remark responding to someone that was making disrespectful remarks. My intention was by no means to offend anybody. And I’m deeply sorry. I’ve nothing however love and respect for Turkey and folks world wide. That’s how our prents raised us with love and respect.”
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