Doc Rivers kept the Giannis Antetokounmpo update very simple after the Milwaukee Bucks star was diagnosed with COVID-19 and missed Media Day just before training camp .

“He’ll be flying in either tonight or in the morning,” the Bucks coach said Thursday, via Ben Steele of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as the team headed to Florida, confirming Antetokounmpo's plans to rejoin the squad.

Antetokounmpo missed the Bucks’ media day and the start of training camp after the positive test, and the team arranged for him to remain overseas while he completed protocols . Rivers’ update suggests the two-time MVP cleared whatever testing or medical hurdles stood between him and the team’s move to South Florida.

The timetable matters because the Bucks head to Miami for preseason work and a g

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