Giannis Antetokounmpo is feeling a little slighted by the NBA’s Christmas Day slate for the 2024-25 season.
On Thursday, Shams Charania of The Athletic revealed the NBA’s full schedule of games for Christmas this year. 10 total teams will be in action, ranging from up-and-comers like the San Antonio Spurs and the Minnesota Timberwolves to the big-market juggernauts like the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks.
One team notably absent from the Christmas Day schedule however is the Milwaukee Bucks. In a post to X on Friday, the Bucks star Antetokounmpo called out the NBA over the snub.
“No Christmas game?!” he wrote, along with laughing-face emojis.
The Bucks, who were the NBA champions in 2021 and still have stars like Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard, and Khris Middleton leading their roster, have played on Christmas for the last six consecutive seasons. You would have to go all the way back to 2017 for an NBA Christmas Day slate that didn’t feature Milwaukee.
Since joining the league in 2013, Antetokounmpo, the two-time NBA MVP, has obviously grown accustomed to playing on Santa Day. during year’s rejection from the Christmas Day schedule won’t deter Antetokounmpo, who has been training with a noteworthy new player during NBA offseason.