Giannis Antetokounmpo Rumors

I was told just even a week ago—don’t count out Portland. Like, you cannot put a price on family. You cannot put a price on missing your children. And Dame is a serious family man who loves his kids, right? Also, he was not happy in Milwaukee. He didn’t want to go there in the first place. He wanted to go to Miami. He relented and went to Milwaukee because his agent talked him into it, right? It gave him a chance to win. He wasn’t necessarily happy. There wasn’t anything against Milwaukee or the Bucks or anything like that, but he didn’t necessarily want to be there. He did want to win, but the fit never really worked out. He got there late his first year, then Doc comes in, changes things around. Plus, Giannis got hurt last year before the playoffs—missed the series against the Pacers—they lost. And then this year, he had the blood clot, and then he had the Achilles, right?

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Overtime: Bro on live tryna kill a cockroach 🤣 @giannis_an34

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Giannis went live earlier today on his IG, except he wasn’t the one who orchestrated it. Mariah had gotten her hubby’s phone and went live to motivate him to kill a cockroach that was in their house. Giannis was less than pleased. At one point, the Bucks superstar begged Mariah to put the phone down. “Babe, the whole world is watching,” he barked. “Oh, there’s 26,000 people watching,” Mariah responded with a chuckle. The banter went back and forth for another few moments before Giannis took his biggest swing at getting the IG Live to end. “When this is done, I want a divorce,” he said, barely able to contain his laughter. Mariah then agreed that they would both look for the roach together, which allowed the NBA Champion to secure his phone and put the Live to sleep.

The Sports Rush

After the Bucks lost to the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2025 playoffs, NBA insider Shams Charania of ESPN reported that Antetokounmpo was open-minded about leaving Milwaukee. “With the Knicks and all the other teams kind of keeping an eye on Milwaukee and what may or may not happen there, I think one of the reasons why he (Bridges) has not been extended yet is because once you extend him, you cannot trade him for six months,” Begley said on The Putback. “And I think until the Giannis stuff is fully settled, and I don’t think it’s fully settled yet, as much as I’m sure Bucks fans hate to hear that because I would hate to hear that if I was a Bucks fan, but I don’t think it’s fully settled yet. “And so as teams continue to keep an eye on that, continue to at least plan with that somewhere in the back of their mind, I think that’s why you haven’t seen Bridges extended yet. When he does extend, I think that would tell you Giannis is put to bed, is off the table in a sense.”

Dallas Hoops Journal

Jon Horst on Damian Lillard buyout: We looked at the opportunity to acquire a highly productive, elite free agent, who is in the prime of his career, and who is an incredible fit next to Giannis, as an opportunity for these next two seasons in particular, instead of what would have been Dame on our books at a full salary, as really opportunistic, more than anything.

New York Times

Jon Horst: The carry for the following three years, there’s no question that if you want to call it an impediment or another hurdle, that’s fine. But we were dealing with a really big hurdle and complication that we had to figure out how to deal with now, and the now matters more than anything. Maximizing Giannis’ prime, our opportunities to win, I feel like that’s our responsibility always. So it was really a now versus future decision. That being said, Myles is an incredible player in the prime of his career for four years. So four of those five years, we have Myles Turner, so it wasn’t like we just did something now and then we have to take four years of risk beyond this year and four years of carry without any production. We have four years, at least, of Myles Turner at elite production while that’s on our books. And there (are) other things that we did, there (are) other moves that we made, other players we’re able to acquire because of this move now that I believe will outweigh the carry of the 20-plus million dollars that we have.

New York Times

Jon Horst: Have we done enough? We’ve done everything, I’ve done everything within my human possible power this offseason. I feel like our group works our butts off. I’ve got to shout out Dave Dean, Ryan Hoover, Milt Newton, Pat Haneman, Samer Jassar, David Mincberg, and Arjun Mahendroo, the whole group, we do everything we can to get better. We do everything we can to put the next version of this thing out there, to give Doc and Giannis and Bobby and Scoot (Kevin Porter Jr.) and the guys on our team every chance that they can to win every night. And so have we done enough? I don’t know. We’ll find out. Have we done everything that we possibly could? Absolutely. And have we done more than anyone else could possibly do? I believe we have. And that’s not an arrogant thing to say. In a very humble way. I think we’ve done as much or more than anyone else could possibly do, and I’m proud of that.

New York Times

As the Milwaukee Bucks await the decision of Giannis Antetokounmpo on whether he'll stay or request a trade this offseason, team president Peter Feigin gave a positive indication that Antetokounmpo isn't going anywhere. "We kind of laugh internally, it's where we've been for 10 years," Feigin said on NBA TV. "Giannis loves Milwaukee, Milwaukee loves Giannis. We're in a good place. We feel great about it. It's business as usual... We're looking forward to next season."

Bleacher Report

NBA TV: "Giannis loves Milwaukee, Milwaukee loves Giannis." @Bucks President Peter Feigin says they're in a good place with their superstar 🤝

Twitter

The Bucks remain on the hunt for backcourt help and are expected to re-sign Giannis Antetokounmpo's brother Thanasis if their superstar indeed remains in Brewtown.

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Giannis Antetokounmp "I used to go to church here." "How many times? Like every Sunday?" Gianni "Every Sunday. And every Saturday, we gathered together and played board games, ping pong, chess. Then on Sunday, we’d go to church, and after that, we’d eat a snack. I’m very religious."

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Ben Golliver: Bucks coach Doc Rivers on communication with Giannis Antetokounmpo amid trade speculation this summer: “We were communicating a lot. It was about next year, and it was about winning.”

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Doc Rivers on Giannis Antetokounmpo playing point guard “When I brought it up with Giannis— he thought I lost my mind.”

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Speed and Giannis were talking when Giannis breaks his chair out of nowhere

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