Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo decided to celebrate Halloween a day early this year. The seven-time All-Star decided to dawn an Incredible Hulk costume on Monday night ahead of their showdown against the Miami Heat.
After the Bucks took care of business on the court, Antetokounmpo opted to do his entire post-game interview in character.
Milwaukee Bucks Star Giannis Antetkounmpo Does Media Availability as Hulk
As if his pre-game entrance wasn’t enough, Giannis decided to put his Hulk costume back on for his post-game media session. He stayed in character too, doing his entire press availability session while wearing the full costume.
Giannis Antetokounmpo did his #Bucks postgame interview as Hulk, to the delight of his kids in the back of the room. (He did help us out with “Giannis voice” over “Hulk voice.”) pic.twitter.com/aR83BgQddI
— Jim Owczarski (@JimOwczarski) October 31, 2023
Giannis even took his Avengers game to another level by putting on a Hulk shirt to match the mask and the gloves. He did not have the shirt on when he entered the arena hours earlier.
Giannis pulled up as the Hulk for Halloween 😤
(via @NBA)pic.twitter.com/CtCp0qPS7W
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 30, 2023
Antetokounmpo also took to Twitter to flex his Halloween costume of choice:
HULK SMASH 💪🏾💪🏾😂 pic.twitter.com/4M5yrHSd1G
— Giannis Antetokounmpo (@Giannis_An34) October 31, 2023
Giannis’ Heartwarming Reason
As it turns out, however, the former back-to-back MVP had a very compelling and heartwarming reason as to why he decided to go as The Hulk for Halloween:
“I’m doing this for my kids, man,” he said. “We leave tomorrow, we go to Toronto. Playing in the NBA we play a lot of games, we’re busy. Just gotta do this for my kids.”
"I'm doing this for my kids."
Giannis Antetokounmpo did his entire press conference in costume before the NBA life takes him on the road again tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/B9vE1n1Arj
— Scott Grodsky (@ScottGrodsky) October 31, 2023
That’s just Giannis Antetokounmpo for you. He’s a ruthless force on the basketball court who will not hesitate to take your head off — figuratively, of course — but as a father, this man has the softest heart.
Never change, Giannis.
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