Sandro Mamukelashvili of the Milwaukee Bucks is shining in the NBA Summer League.

Within hours of being announced as part of the Milwaukee Bucks' Summer League team in Las Vegas, Luca Vildoza was released by the 2021 NBA champs, according to Michael Scotto of Hoopshype.

The new edition of the NBA Summer League will kick off on Thursday, July 7 in Las Vegas, Nevada, more specifically at the Thomas & Mack Center and the Cox Pavilion. Once the Group Phase is over, the Final Phase for the Summer League title will be played between July 16 and 17.

Free agent center Serge Ibaka has agreed to a one-year deal to return to the Milwaukee Bucks, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium.

After suffering an ACL injury in January, Joe Ingles will continue his career with the Milwaukee Bucks, Chris Haynes from Yahoo Sports reports.

Bobby Portis has agreed to a new deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis has informed the team that he'll decline his $4.6M option and become a free agent, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

Milwaukee guard Pat Connaughton is exercising his $5.7 million option to return to the Bucks next season, ESPN reported Wednesday.

Thanasis Antetokounmpo has exercised his $1.88 million player option for the 2022-23 season and is set to stay with the Milwaukee Bucks for one more campaign, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.

The top EuroLeague scorer, Vasilije Micic, draws interest from several NBA clubs.

Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal's son Shareef O'Neal is going to work out for the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Milwaukee Bucks are expected to sign Bobby Portis to a new multi-year contract, according to Marc Stein.

Coming from humble beginnings, Giannis Antetokounmpo is a global basketball superstar now. The Milwaukee Bucks forward is a two-time NBA MVP and the player the franchise is built around.

Elijah Bryant added another major feat to his career resume by winning the EuroLeague title with Anadolu Efes Istanbul in Belgrade on Saturday night. 

The General Manager of the Greece National Team, Nikos Zisis, expects to confirm the participation of Giannis Antetokoumpo in EuroBasket 2022, as reported by Gazzetta.gr.

Grant Williams exploded for a career-high 27 points and led a defensive charge on Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo as the host Boston Celtics advanced to the NBA's final four with a 109-81 (20-26, 28-17, 31-21, 30-17) romp over the defending-champion Bucks in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series on Sunday afternoon.

Jayson Tatum chipped in with 23 points and Jaylen Brown 19 for the second-seeded Celtics, who will advance to face the top-seeded Miami Heat in the Eastern Finals. Game 1 is scheduled for Tuesday in Miami.

The Celtics will be making their fourth trip to the Eastern Finals in the last six seasons. They have not advanced to an NBA Finals since 2010, having lost four consecutive times when one step away, twice to the Heat and twice to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Milwaukee Bucks are said to be pessimistic about a potential Game 7 return for All-Star Khris Middleton.

Middleton, sidelined since April 20 with a Grade 2 MCL sprain in his left knee, recently returned to practice.

The defending champion Bucks face the Celtics in Boston on Sunday with a trip to the Eastern Conference finals on the line.

Per ESPN, the team had been hopeful earlier this week about Middleton playing this weekend. However, those hopes had soured by Saturday.

"Even if the Bucks advance to the conference finals, there'd be pessimism he'd be ready to start," according to an ESPN NBA insider.

Middleton, 30, averaged 20.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5.4 assists in 66 starts during the regular season. The three-time All-Star forward averaged 14.5 points, 7.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds in the first two games of Milwaukee's first-round series against the Chicago Bulls before sustaining the injury.

Three people were shot near Deer District outside Fiserv Forum following the end of Game 6 between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Boston Celtics, per ESPN.

Thousands of fans got stuck with police taping off several intersections nearby.

The Milwaukee Fire Department said one man and one woman shot were transported to the hospital Friday night, while a third person drove there. All three have non-life-threatening injuries.

Win or lose, Giannis Antetokounmpo sees decisive Game 7 as an opportunity to grow as a player and as a leader.

Following the Game 6 defeat against the Boston Celtics, the Greek Freak spoke to the media about the journey ahead and where his mindset is at heading into the ultimate match of the series.

"Me personally, I don't know. I'm going to watch the film in the morning and see. We're going to think about it," the 27-year-old said. "I know we have a great coaching staff, great minds behind the scenes that are gonna tell us what adjustments to do.

But at the end of the day, for me, I just have to go play. Go lead the team in any way I can. I want my teammates to play, I want them to have fun, to enjoy the moment."

Jayson Tatum scored 10 of his game-high 46 points in a key fourth-quarter sequence and teammates Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart added key hoops as the Boston Celtics held off the host Milwaukee Bucks 108-95 (28-26, 25-17, 29-27, 26-25) on Friday night to force a Game 7 in their Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series.

Brown finished with 22 points and Smart 21 for the second-seeded Celtics, who continued a trend in the series by winning for a second time on Milwaukee's home floor.

Game 7 will be held Sunday at Boston, where the Bucks have two earlier wins in three tries in the series.

After erasing a late 14-point deficit to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven with a win at Boston on Wednesday, the third-seeded Bucks found themselves down 84-70 with 11:25 to go this time before mounting their comeback.

Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Bucks' leading scorer with 44 points, had a three-point play, two free throws, and a 3-pointer in an 11-1 burst that cut the Milwaukee deficit to 85-81 with 8:42 remaining. But this time it was the Celtics who made the decisive late push.

Bobby Portis turned a missed Giannis Antetokounmpo free throw into a go-ahead hoop, Jrue Holiday made two critical defensive plays in the final 8.1 seconds and the visiting Milwaukee Bucks rallied past the Boston Celtics 110-107 (28-26, 19-28, 30-32, 33-21) on Wednesday night for a 3-2 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series.

Antetokounmpo finished with a game-high 40 points, including a 3-pointer during Milwaukee's late comeback, to put the Bucks one win away from their third trip to the Eastern Conference finals in the past four seasons.

Game 6 of the best-of-seven series is scheduled for Friday night at Milwaukee.

Portis' game-winning basket came after Antetokounmpo got Milwaukee within 107-106 by making the first of two free throws with 14.2 seconds left, then missed the second.

Two Celtics fought over the rebound in a crowd, and when the ball deflected to Portis under the hoop, he converted a layup that gave the Bucks the lead for good.

The Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is the 12th highest-paid athlete in the world with $71.9M in total earnings over the past year, according to Sportico.

$35.9M is his salary, while $36M comes from endorsements. The Greek Freak is associated with such well-known world brands as Nike, Google, Disney, JBL, WhatsApp, etc.

Antetokounmpo's numbers on the court this season are as impressive as outside the floor.

In the 2021-22 NBA regular season, he was third in scoring at 29.9 points and seventh in rebounding with an 11.6 per-game average. He also averaged 5.8 assists, 1.4 blocks, and 1.1 steals per game.

Giannis is one of 36 basketball players that have made the list of 100 highest-paid athletes in the world.

Rudy Gobert (69th place, $33 million), Kristaps Porzingis (75th, $32.5 million), and Nikola Jokic (98th, $29.9 million) are NBA Europeans, who made the cut as well.

The 37-year-old LeBron James earned $127M during the past 12 months from the Los Angeles Lakers and his expanding off-court empire, according to Sportico estimates. It's the highest tally of his two-decade career and more than any other athlete on the planet.

James has the NBA's biggest shoe deal among active players and a deep roster of endorsement partners beyond Nike, including Rimowa, Walmart, GMC, AT&T, PepsiCo, and most recently Crypto.com. 

The top 100 athletes play 10 different sports and collectively earned an estimated $4.5 billion in salary, prize money, and endorsements over the last 12 months — a 6% increase from last year's best-paid stars.

James tops a trio of global soccer stars and a boxer, as Lionel Messi ($122 million), Cristiano Ronaldo ($115 million), Neymar ($103 million), and Canelo Alvarez ($89 million) round out the top five.

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