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A worker sprays a huge pile of garbage with disinfectant in Kaminia neighborhood of Piraeus, near Athens, Thursday, June 29, 2017. Greece's municipal garbage collectors are on 14-day protest that has left mounds of festering refuse piled up across Athens amid high summer temperatures.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A man looks on a pile of trash as he walks behind a flower pot in Kaminia neighborhood of Piraeus, near Athens Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Striking garbage collectors are on the 11-day of protest that left huge piles of trash around Athens. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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University of Virginia's Thai-Son Kwiatkowski celebrates his victory over University of North Carolina's William Blumberg in the final match of the NCAA men's tennis championship Monday, May, 29, 2017, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/Richard Hamm)
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University of Virginia's Thai-Son Kwiatkowski celebrates his victory over University of North Carolina's William Blumberg in the final match of the NCAA men's tennis championship Monday, May, 29, 2017, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/Richard Hamm)
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University of Michigan's Brienne Minor celebrates her victory over Florida's Belinda Woolcock in the final match of the NCAA women's tennis championship Monday, May, 29, 2017, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/Richard Hamm)
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In this file photo, a man walks across the University of Georgia's North Campus in Athens, Ga. A gene that makes bacteria resistant to “last resort” antibiotics was detected in Georgia sewer water, according to an analysis run by the University of Georgia’s Center for Food Safety. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP) **FILE**
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Kaitlyn Harris walks across the University of Georgia's North Campus in Athens, Ga., in a lull of storms Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The National Weather Service has issued severe weather warnings for the Athens-Clarke County area. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)
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Stephanie Wolfgang walks past shops in downtown Athens, Ga., in a lull of storms Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The National Weather Service has issued severe weather warnings for the Athens-Clarke County area. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)
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A woman crosses Washington St., in downtown Athens, Ga., in a lull of recent storms Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The National Weather Service has issued severe weather warnings for the Athens-Clarke County area. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)
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European Club Association Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, right, speaks as Andrea Agnelli president of the Italian soccer club Juventus listens him during a news conference in Athens, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Representatives from 155 countries attended the European Club Association's (ECA) 18th General Assembly in the Greek capital. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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European Club Association Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge speaks during a news conference in Athens, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Representatives from 155 countries member attended the European Club Association's (ECA) 18th General Assembly in the Greek capital. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Kentucky guard Isaiah Briscoe, right, passes as Georgia forward Derek Ogbeide defends during the first half of an NCAA basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/John Amis)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, photo, children train in Athens, Greece, under the direction of coach Spiros Velliniatis, the coach who discovered Giannis Antetokounmpos. From a scrawny, literally hungry kid kicking a ball around in an open field in the Athens neighborhood of Sepolia to a starter in the NBA All-Star Game, Antetonkoumpo has come a very long way. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, photo, young players train in Athens, Greece, under the directions of coach Spiros Velliniatis, center, the coach who discovered Giannis Antetokounmpo. From a scrawny, literally hungry kid kicking a ball around in an open field in the Athens neighborhood of Sepolia to a starter in the NBA All-Star Game, Antetonkoumpo has come a very long way. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, photo, young players train in Athens, Greece, under the directions of coach Spiros Velliniatis, the coach who discovered Giannis Antetokounmpo. From a scrawny, literally hungry kid kicking a ball around in an open field in the Athens neighborhood of Sepolia to a starter in the NBA All-Star Game, Antetonkoumpo has come a very long way. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, photo, youths train in Athens, Greece, under the directions of coach Spiros Velliniatis, left, the coach who discovered Giannis Antetokounmpo. From a scrawny, literally hungry kid kicking a ball around in an open field in the Athens neighborhood of Sepolia to a starter in the NBA All-Star Game, Antetonkoumpo has come a very long way. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, photo, Giannis Tzikas, a cafe owner in Athens, Greece, and neighbor of the Antetokounmpos, poses with a photo and a T-shirt of Giannis Antetokounmpo in front of the wall with his autograph. From a scrawny, literally hungry kid kicking a ball around in an open field in the Athens neighborhood of Sepolia to a starter in the NBA All-Star Game, Antetonkoumpo has come a very long way. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, photo, Giannis Tzikas, a cafe owner and neighbor of the Antetokounmpos, shows a photo on his mobile with Giannis, in Athens, Greece. From a scrawny, literally hungry kid kicking a ball around in an open field in the Athens neighborhood of Sepolia to a starter in the NBA All-Star Game, Giannis Antetonkoumpo has come a very long way. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, photo, young players train in Athens, Greece, under the directions of coach Spiros Velliniatis, the coach who discovered Giannis Antetokounmpo. From a scrawny, literally hungry kid kicking a ball around in an open field in the Athens neighborhood of Sepolia to a starter in the NBA All-Star Game, Antetonkoumpo has come a very long way. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, photo, Takis Zivas, coach of Filathlitikos, shows photos when Giannis Antetokounmpo played for this Athenian local team, in Athens, Greece. From a scrawny, literally hungry kid kicking a ball around in an open field in the Athens neighborhood of Sepolia to a starter in the NBA All-Star Game, Antetonkoumpo has come a very long way. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
