Giannis Antetokounmpo still has another season until he fits free agency, but NBA fans are always — and I mean ALWAYS — on Tampering Watch when it comes to the Greek Freak.
Just look at what happened after the Bucks’ 107-98 win against the Warriors.
As the game came to an end, cameras caught a courtside exchange between Giannis and the injured Steph Curry. It appeared that Curry said something along the lines of, “Let’s do it, c’mon man.” But out-of-context lip-reading can be entirely unreliable.
Still, that didn’t stop NBA fans from immediately assuming that Steph was putting forth a recruiting effort out in the open. So, Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes reached out to Curry for his side of the interaction.
Steph told Haynes that he was only giving Giannis a gamer tag and asking him team up and “do some damage” in PlayerUnknown’s Battleground.
Given where the Warriors’ season is right now, I guess it’s somewhat plausible that Curry’s mind would be at gaming after another loss. But NBA fans weren’t exactly buying the explanation from Curry.
Giannis will hit unrestricted free agency after the 2020-21 season.
