At a time when his wife, Mariah, received threatening messages by Turks on Instagram, the Giannis Antetokounbos He is trying to … throw all the tension created between the two sides, after Greece – Turkey at Eurobasket, with a distinctive post on social media.
Yiannis Antetokounbos posted a photo in which he appears to hug Alperien Sangun, commenting that sport unites and does not separate.
“We play for the love of our countries. We play for the love of the game. We play with respect. We always remember that sport is made to unite us, not to separate us,” Yiannis Antetokounbos said in the commentary of the photo.
Recall that after Greece’s semifinals with Turkey, an “explosive” climate was created between the two players.
Alperien Sengun had told Yiannis Antetokounbos that “he is not a great passer”, with the “leader of national basketball answering:” I do not speak much, I let my game speak. I enter my 13th year in the NBA having won everything. At the end of the day the words are not measured, but what they appear on the pitch. “
Then the two of them did not exchanged handshakes during their awards As members of the best five of the tournament and somewhere there the whole thing seemed to end, until the threatening messages in Maria and that post came.