2023-08-28 17:48:00
Currently absent from the Basketball World Cup, Giannis Antetokounmpo is not silent. Recently, the Freak dropped an interview at New York Times in which he spoke regarding his future at the Bucks. Spoiler, his statements may make Milwaukee fans sweat…
Giannis Antetokounmpo has spent his entire career in Milwaukee so far. He won two MVP titles with the Bucks. And above all, he was NBA champion with his lifelong team in 2021. But if you think he’s ready to settle for that for years to come, you’re very wrong regarding the guy.
The Greek Freak is always very hungry and he will play on the team that can give him enough to eat. Possibly in Milwaukee, a city he loves, but maybe elsewhere too.
“If I feel like everyone is not on the same page, I won’t re-sign.”
This is precisely the sentence to remember in the interview with Giannis at the New York Times in recent days, he who is coming to the end of his contract in 2025 (he has a player option for the 2025-26 season). A sentence that inevitably gives cold sweats to the Bucks, whose hopes obviously rest largely on their superstar.
“I mightn’t be the best version of myself if not everyone is on the same page, if not everyone wants to play the title, if not everyone is ready to sacrificing time with family like I do.”
Eligible for a three-year contract extension for 173 million from the end of September, Giannis Antetokounmpo has already announced that he will not extend with Milwaukee during the 2023 offseason. Is this a sign of a future departure? Not necessarily, with the Freak possibly landing a bigger contract in the summer of 2024 or as a free agent in 2025. But as he himself puts it, “even then, I don’t know.”
Giannis Antetokounmpo says he’s not signing an extension in Milwaukee next summer if everyone isn’t on the same page
“I would not be the best version of myself if I don’t know that everybody’s on the same page, everybody’s going for a championship, everybody’s going to… pic.twitter.com/M2GB601JJ1
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) August 24, 2023
The surprise elimination in the first round of the last Playoffs once morest the Miami Heat inevitably left its mark on Giannis, who wants guarantees before re-engaging in the long term with Milwaukee. An approach that we can understand when we know that the Bucks have just changed coaches, with the replacement of the experienced Mike Budenholzer by the rookie coach Adrian Griffin. In addition, if executives Brook Lopez and Khris Middleton have been extended in recent months, they are only under contract until 2025 and are no longer very young. As for Jrue Holiday, he is squarely considering retirement at the end of his current contract (also until 2025).
A lot of question marks therefore, obviously a little too much in the eyes of Giannis. And inevitably, there are already teams that are following this file closely to possibly jump on the occasion. Unsurprisingly, we find the usual big markets, namely the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks according to insider Marc Stein. But something tells us they won’t be the only ones to covet the Freak if he leaves…
“At the end of the day, being a winner is more important than spending your entire career in the same franchise. Winning a title is the priority. I don’t want to spend 20 years in the same team and not win another title.
– Giannis Antetokounmpo
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Sources texte : New York Times, Marc Stein
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