NBA market, Giannis Antetokounmpo away from the Bucks? ‘Only if he asks’

When a team of the caliber of Milwaukee Bucks leaves with a record of only two victories and 7 defeatsit is inevitable that there are rumors and speculation. If there is a player of the caliber of Giannis Antetokounmpo then, at the age of 30, the interest in his future becomes the news that everyone wants to chase. According to what journalist Marc Stein reported in his newsletter, the other 29 teams are preparing internally for the possibility that the two-time MVP could become available on the market in the near future, but “it could happen only if he is the one to push for a sale“. The Bucks, understandably, have no intention or interest in selling the player who brought them back to the title in 2021 50 years after the last time, but they also find themselves with few assets available to rebuild the roster around him, making immediate reconstruction complicated after the large investment made in Damian Lillard has so far not yielded the desired results. There comes to their aid Giannis’ contractual situation: in the summer of 2023 he signed a three-year contract extension worth 186 million dollars which will tie him to the team until at least the summer of 2027when he will have a player option to exercise for the 2027-28 season or can become a free agent. This still gives the Bucks time to right the situationtherefore leaving on Antetokounmpo the responsibility, if necessary, to push to leave the team that chose him in the draft way back in 2013.