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It’s almost like you waved the white flag and I don’t …

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“What are you telling me? The next time I’m going to be play basketball is October? Why?

I don’t want to do that. I don’t,” Antetokounmpo said. “I want to play basketball.

I was born to play basketball. “I’ve been here 13 years and I understand the team gets eliminated from the playoffs, be smart. Taking care of your body, being in and out, just to be careful, to prepare for the next season, prepare for the next generation and the young players to get some minutes, go out there — I get that.

But that wasn’t the time that this took place. That’s what bothers me. It’s almost like you waved the white flag and I don’t do that.

I am sorry. I don’t. And I never, never will.