Bucks GM: No knee procedure necessary for Antetokounmpo

Updated Jul. 30, 2021 3:44 p.m. ET

Associated Press

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst says Giannis Antetokounmpo doesn't need any type of offseason procedure for the left knee that the two-time MVP hyperextended during the team’s NBA title run.

“He’s fine,” Horst said Friday. “I can’t explain it, but he’s fine.”

in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals when he landed awkwardly after attempting to block a dunk attempt by Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela. Antetokounmpo later said he worried that he’d be out for a year.

He sat out the last two games of the Eastern Conference finals –

“I think when you start thinking about your knee or thinking about your toe or pinky or whatever the case might be, you’re just making excuses in your mind,” Antetokounmpo said after Game 2 of the NBA Finals. “You’re out there, just play the game. Do whatever you can. Leave it out there on the floor and no matter what the outcome is, you just leave it there.”

Horst didn’t speculate on a possible return date for guard

“It’s too early to know,” Horst said. “He’s ahead of where he should be at this time and doing an incredible job right now, but it’s still hard to tell what the timeline would be.”

Horst was speaking the day after

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