Kostas Antetokounmpo to begin practicing with Dayton Flyers

Antetokounmpo would have been a “full go” for practice Wednesday, Miller said, but Dayton didn’t practice because it had a game against Vanderbilt. The Flyers (8-3) won 68-63 at UD Arena.

Antetokounmpo, a 6-foot-10, 190-pound forward who was born in Athens, Greece, but attended his last two years of high school in Whitefish Bay, Wisc., couldn’t practice until his first-semester grades were posted. Antetokounmpo had been checking for his grades every morning, Miller said, hoping they would be posted, and it finally happened Wednesday.

Antetokounmpo will redshirt this season as a NCAA partial qualifier. Two years ago, the late McElvene was in the same position, but then partial qualifiers could practice all season. The NCAA changed the rule to give those student-athletes time to get acclimated to school without worrying about their sport.

Kostas’ brother Giannis, who plays for the Milwaukee Bucks, is having another All-Star caliber season. He’s averaging 22.9 points, 9.1 rebounds and 5.8 assists.

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— Kostas Antetokounmpo (@Kostas_ante34)