Giannis Antetokounmpo says he ‘feels no pain’ ahead of injury comeback vs. Brooklyn Nets

Giannis Antetokounmpo appeared on the Daily Show and told guest host Hasan Minhaj that he ‘feels no pain’ in his knee. 

The Milwaukee Bucks superstar center played less than a minute in the 2023 All-Star game, scoring a basket and then committing a foul so he could sit for the rest of the game.

After the game Antetokounmpo flew to New York to get his knee examined and they revealed there was no serious damage. 

Before Minhaj got to get Giannis to trash talk NBA players and try various American sweets, he asked how the star’s knee was doing now, after Antetokounmpo missed a few games as he rehabbed the injury.

‘Feels good, feels good. I feel no pain, man,’ Antetokounmpo told him.

Giannis Antetokounmpo appeared on The Daily Show to promote his family’s foundation

He told host Hasan Minhaj that his knee ‘feels good’ and that he ‘feels no pain’ in it

While on the show Giannis spoke about his family and how he grew up – promoting his family’s foundation – The Charles Antetokounmpo Foundation, that helps kids in Milwaukee, his native Greece, and his father’s native Nigeria.

‘I wouldn’t be here. I wouldn’t be in this position that I’ve seen today without my family, without the sacrifices… without the sacrifice that my parents made every single day to provide for us,’ he said.

‘To put us in a position to have the opportunity to go out there and accomplish our dreams and goal in life. I wouldn’t be here without them. 

‘Obviously, it’s been six years now, 2017 – six years that my dad have passed away, and it’s in honor of him. And as I’ve said in the past and I’ve said a lot of times, he had no money, he was poor. 

‘He came from Nigeria to have a better life, and we were his legacy. And I could feel like growing up like he was the richest person in the neighborhood because he always felt rich because he had us, you know? 

‘And so we decided as family to come together and build this foundation to basically just do what people did for us, just put our hand out there and give them the opportunity to be great in whatever they decide to do. 

‘And kind of help them be that step for them to go out there and come to the dreams the same way I did.’

Giannis said on the show that he will be playing in the Bucks’ next game against the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night.

Antetokounmpo only played less than a minute in the All-Star Game before checking out