Giannis Antetokounmpo’s future with the Milwaukee Bucks has been known as into query because the group finds itself on the enterprise finish of a turbulent season.
Milwaukee’s marketing campaign has been marred by a sequence of dangerous losses, and with a first-round playoff sequence towards the Indiana Pacers looming, the Bucks are heading into the postseason in unconvincing style. To make issues worse, Antetokounmpo’s well being standing is unsure for Recreation 1 towards the Pacers.
All this means a first-round exit is solely potential, and in accordance with ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, that will spark some critical issues round Giannis’ future in Milwaukee.
“In the event that they lose within the first spherical, the primary particular person you’re fearful about isn’t Dame, it’s Giannis,” Windhorst stated on Get Up.
“If [the Bucks] go down within the first spherical once more … I am unsure the place Giannis goes to be.”
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“You wish to be sure Giannis continues to be dedicated, and in addition whenever you discuss this primary spherical, you bought to fret about the place Giannis’s calf is, if he’s going to be 100%. But when they go down within the first spherical once more, and so they have that disappointment in back-to-back years, I’m unsure the place Giannis goes to be.”
Windhorst went on to say the Bucks have discovered themselves on this place partly as a consequence of a flawed roster.
“It doesn’t matter what occurs, it is a flawed roster,” he stated. “The panacea that they thought Dame Lillard was going to be wasn’t the case. They’re going to must make modifications a technique or one other, and so they’ve principally mortgaged their total draft sooner or later, in order that they’re going to must get inventive.
“And I do suppose it’s potential that Dame [being traded] might be checked out, however you bought to verify Giannis is dedicated to it first.”
Since successful the championship in 2021, the Bucks have did not make it out of the primary spherical. They misplaced to the Celtics 4-3 within the 2022 Jap Convention semifinals, and went right down to the Miami Warmth 4-1 within the first spherical of the 2023 playoffs.
Giannis continues to be beneath contract for subsequent season, when he’ll enter the ultimate 12 months of his present five-year, $228 million deal. However current NBA historical past is plagued by star gamers demanding trades nicely earlier than their contracts have completed. Milwaukee higher hope Giannis isn’t the subsequent one to comply with the development.
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