Milwaukee Bucks: 5 takeaways from 2017-18 Media Day
4. Giannis Antetokounmpo injected some levity
While much of the conversation was understandably and correctly on weightier issues, Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo was determined to inject some levity into the day. Look left, look right, and there was the All-NBA forward cracking a joke.
“Have you guys seen the new movie ‘Constipation’?” he asked reporters, interrupting Rashad Vaughn‘s interview. “No? Constipation…it’s because it hasn’t come out yet!” He gleefully cackled as he ran off the stage.
Vaughn, shaking his head and laughing, informed the crowd “He’s got the worst jokes I’ve ever heard.” Antetokounmpo also jumped into Khris Middleton‘s interview to drop another:
Giannis had a joke again at #Bucks media day, and here it is.
— Jimmy Carlton (@jimmycarlton88) September 25, 2017
Also said he had a mustache joke, but "I'll shave it for later." pic.twitter.com/wXtDpsPRCx
His efforts to raise the spirits of the day did not focus solely on corny jokes. He also began learning how to juggle:
It's #bucks @Giannis_An34 trying to juggle! #mediaday #ownthefuture pic.twitter.com/DigoFZqDgd
— Mike De Sisti (@mdesisti) September 25, 2017
No one needs or even wants his jokes to be good. The fact that the team’s best player is running around Media Day dropping bad jokes speaks well to the environment of the team.