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How bad is this rift between you and the team and you not playing down the stretch, being held out. Antetokounmpo: “I get it. I've been hurt ... I was on a minutes restriction when I came back from being hurt. But why don't I play now? To keep my value high so I can get traded? "I don't care if it's the right thing. I don't care if it's smart thing. I don't. I just want to play. This is what I do. “I play when I'm able to play. I didn't sit out my first season when we only won 15 games. Why, when it was the NBA Finals, did I come back six days [after a serious knee hyperextension]. Why? It doesn't change. This is who I am. And now you're telling me to go against my nature."
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: Giannis Antetokounmpo: 'Why don't I play now? To keep my value high so I can get traded?'
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