Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s beef with Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo continued almost per week following Boston’s 113-107 win over Milwaukee.
Brown caught an elbow from Antetokounmpo throughout Sunday’s Japanese Convention-rival matchup, sparking an eye catching altercation. Brown dusted himself off and obtained again up earlier than strolling towards Antetokounmpo, who faked a handshake, which the reigning NBA Finals MVP thought of child-like when requested afterward.
Antetokounmpo’s elbow collision with Brown wasn’t the one controversial transfer pulled by the eight-time All-Star and former league MVP. The 29-year-old additionally invaded Jayson Tatum’s touchdown area on a 3-point try, inflicting Boston’s co-star to fall on the bottom, clenching his left ankle. Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla known as the miss-call “ridiculous” in protection of Tatum, who’s handled previous ankle accidents.
Former Celtics guard Jeff Teague, a one-time teammate of Brown and Tatum, supplied his stance on each controversial issues.
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“I’m not gonna say it’s a grimy play. I don’t assume Giannis is a grimy participant,” Teague mentioned on the “Membership 520 Podcast.” “However while you play basketball, you make a aware effort to maneuver your foot out of the best way. Like, after I shut out once we play within the males’s league, I look down after I shut out. I don’t wanna land on someone’s foot and vice-versa. You recognize what you’re doing, sort of. In a method, I in all probability assume it’s a bit soiled however I don’t assume he deliberately needed to harm him.”
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Teague added: “After (Antetokounmpo) elbowed him, you possibly can inform there was a bit one thing else there. JB dealt with it cool although.”
Nike Basketball’s X account obtained concerned Thursday and performed the instigator’s function through the use of Brown’s “infantile” jab to subliminally take a shot of its personal on the 28-year-old.
In fact, Brown, an on-the-record Nike enemy, wasted no time responding to the swoosh, exhibiting that the multi-year-long beef is alive and nicely. Antetokounmpo, a Nike-sponsored athlete, and Brown, the founding father of 741 Efficiency, will meet for a 3rd and closing regular-season matchup on Dec. 6 at TD Backyard.
