Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo might pressure his approach out of the franchise in 2025 if the staff have one other underwhelming season.
That’s based on a report from Invoice Reiter, an NBA insider for CBS Sports activities who additionally wrote that the participant’s most well-liked locations embrace the Miami Warmth and Brooklyn Nets.
Antetokounmpo, a two-time league MVP in 2019 and 2020 and Finals MVP winner in 2021, has struggled with quite a lot of premature accidents round playoff time for the previous couple of years.
In 2023, he missed two video games of Milwaukee’s first spherical collection defeat to Miami and in 2024 he suffered a calf harm on the finish of the common season which dominated him out indefinitely.
The Bucks have started the season in ugly style, beating the Philadelphia 76ers on their opening night time earlier than three straight losses to the Chicago Bulls, Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics.
Khris Middleton is as soon as once more sidelined with an harm and Antetokounmpo’s chemistry with co-star Damian Lillard has regarded disconnected ever for the reason that blockbuster commerce a 12 months in the past.
“There’s a rising sense of confidence that if issues go badly in Milwaukee that Giannis may very well be out there for commerce, would actually pressure his approach out of Milwaukee, within the subsequent 12 months.”@sportsreiter pic.twitter.com/9V4MovUmSw
— CBS Sports activities (@CBSSports) October 31, 2024
May Giannis Antetokounmpo depart the Bucks in 2025?
There appears to be each likelihood that Giannis might pressure his approach out subsequent 12 months if issues don’t go as hoped. He has a participant choice in 2027 and Milwaukee would need the largest return they’ll get, so a commerce is feasible.
Doc Rivers is a reasonably uninspiring head coach within the present period of the NBA and it doesn’t look doubtless that he’ll go anyplace quickly, contemplating he signed a deal value $40 million in January.
Of the 2 reported groups within the participant’s curiosity, Milwaukee might get the extra profitable haul from the Warmth – with gamers like Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro and Jaime Jaquez on the desk.
