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Giannis Antetokounmpo Donates $100K to Arena Staff During Coronavirus Suspension

Scott Polacek
Mar 13, 2020

With the NBA season suspended because of concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic and questions about how staff members and workers who largely depend on games for income will get paid, Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is doing what he can to help.

The MVP candidate announced he and his family will donate $100,000 to Fiserv Forum workers, saying, "I want to help the people that make my life, my family's lives and my teammates' lives easier."

After Giannis' announcement, the Bucks revealed they will match all player donations:

Antetokounmpo's gesture follows a similar one from Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love.

Love announced he would also donate $100,000 to staff who work the Cavaliers' games atย Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse with the following message on hisย Instagramย page:

"I'm concerned about the level of anxiety that everyone is feeling and that is why I'm committing $100,000 through the @KevinLoveFund in support of the @Cavs arena and support staff that had a sudden life shift due to the suspension of the NBA season. I hope that during this time of crisis, others will join me in supporting our communities."

What's more, Dallas Mavericks governor Mark Cuban appeared on ESPN'sย Get Upย and said, "We have a program where the next four would-have-been Mavs games, we'll pay our hourly employees as if they worked."

Sarah K. Spencerย of theย Atlanta Journal-Constitutionย reported Atlanta Hawks owner Tony Ressler will pay the team's part- and full-time employees during the NBA's suspension, whileย Mark Segravesย of NBC 4 Washington reported Washington Wizards governor Ted Leonsis will do the same for his team's employees.

As far as a timetable, NBA Commissioner Adam Silverย appearedย on TNT'sย Inside the NBAย and said the hiatus will last "at least 30 days," with decisions about whether the season will continue to be addressed in the future.

As of Friday,ย CNNย noted there have been more than 125,000 cases of the coronavirus across the globe.

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