Not long after he stirred the pot with a trade speculation-fueling social media Q&A over the weekend, Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has returned with another wave-making post on X (formerly Twitter), this time concerning his reaction to the news that Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had won the 2024-25 MVP award.
In response to ESPN's Shams Charania, who broke the story on Wednesday afternoon, Giannis wrote online: "What??!!!! Did shams got hacked no way this is true??!!"
What??!!!! Did shams got hacked no way this is true??!! https://t.co/XLMkdD9WJH
— Giannis Antetokounmpo (@Giannis_An34) May 21, 2025
Unsurprisingly, the post led to some confusion.
brother what
— Drizzy Drake 🇺🇸 (@drakedavidson12) May 21, 2025
— Whistle (@WhistleSports) May 21, 2025
??????
— Overtime (@overtime) May 21, 2025
But I wouldn't worry—although it's hard to tell exactly what he was going for with this, the forward was probably just having a little bit of fun online.
SGA has been the darling of the MVP race for some time now, especially with the Nikola Jokic-led Denver Nuggets out of the playoffs, so Giannis, who was also a finalist, was likely not shocked by this development at all; indeed, it's more probable he was just being a bit of a sarcastic troll.
Not to mention he has already won the MVP award twice; sure, it would be great to win again, but perhaps he feels less precious about it now.
As for the "Shams got hacked" bit, that harkens back to the bombshell Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade from February, after which both fans and stars thought Charania's account had been broken into considering the unlikelihood of the news.
Case (probably) closed.
Although he didn't win, Antetokounmpo still had himself a stellar season, averaging 30.4 points (second only to SGA at 32.7), 11.9 rebounds (6th in the league), and 6.5 assists (13th) per game.
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