Giannis Trade Rumors Resurface as Bucks Prepare for New Season and Ryan Rollins’ Potential Role
Giannis trade rumors rock Milwaukee Bucks’ world. Is the Greek Freak’s future in jeopardy?
Justin Garcia and Camille Davis break down the shocking reports linking Giannis Antetokounmpo to the New York Knicks. The duo analyzes the Bucks’ first preseason game, highlighting Kyle Kuzma’s impact and A.J. Green’s performance. Myles Turner’s role as an “agent of change” takes center stage, while Ryan Rollins’ defensive potential sparks debate. The hosts also examine the fierce competition for final roster spots, including Chris Livingston and Tyler Smith’s chances.
Tune in for expert insights on the Milwaukee Bucks’ evolving strategy and player development. Will Giannis stay or go? Can the Bucks adapt to potential roster shakeups?
0:00 Intro
2:06 Giannis trade rumors and Knicks interest
9:14 Analyzing Bucks’ preseason game performance
16:37 Standout players and offensive strategies
21:29 Chris Livingston impresses in fourth quarter
25:29 Evaluating end-of-roster players’ performances
29:42 Importance of player development for Bucks
32:29 Ryan Rollins’ defensive potential discussed
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31 Comments
21:31 Justin – keep that stock of Chris Livin’ Slim. He’s gotta make the squad. Solid, growing into his game, mind, & body. The Bucks must give him a shot. One day he’ll be graced a much more formidable nickname
Sham is a disgrace and ive lost respect for him. Why wait to come out and say it right now? Maybe he just wants to create chaos.
Cole Anthony and the second group was playing with great defensive hustle. Dude was doing full court pressure like it was a play off game. Need more of that from the first group too!
Interesting reading the comments. The bucks look real good. And when did we become a country that it's championship or bust ? How about just be a good competitive team. Championships are not guaranteed for anyone . Joker has 3 MVPx and 1 championship. Boston has 1 championship with the brown Tatum era, Luka has no championship. Anthony Davis one championship. If you look at the top ten players in the NBA , the only ones with multiple championships are LeBron and curry, and that won't again for either of them. Theres only one championship per year people . Think about this . Anthony Davis, Luka , curry, Shai, joker , Edwards , Durant , only one of them will even be in the finals . So let's stop all this talk about multi championships. It's not realistic . I didn't even talk about the top players in the East. Donavan Mitchell , embiid , Tatum , Giannis, cade Cunningham, Trae young, Jalen Brunson , haliburton , again only one will even be in the finals . So it's laughable worrying or even talking about multiple championships. Just compete and show your fans you care . If you can avoid serious injury to key players , then you have a chance to get to the finals .
Gary Harris should be cut but if we have to get rid of one of the young guys i would say smith is odd man out even though his size is something we need
Locked on bucks should change their name to locked on Rollins . Lol
You guys realize he does not handle the ball well against direct ball pressure. He's a good player. I'm excited for what he can do . But pump the brakes , he's not even close to that kind of defender yet. And if you look at last season , his best success happened when he was on the floor with kpj.
Shams and Windhorst spew the same Giannis nonsense several times a year and when we get to the deadline and Giannis is still a buck they’ll just move the goals posts again until eventually they’re right or Giannis retires
They're both underestimating Giannis's family moving back to Greece. For someone as close to his family as Giannis — almost co-dependent — not having them around will take a toll. It's a shorter flight from the East Coast (ie NY) to Greece than Milwaukee, that's for sure. My dark horse is Atlanta, who Giannis's agent interviewed for a FO job not so long ago. The Hawks potentially got a lottery pick due to the Dumars-New Orleans draft day blunder and that just might be the ace up the sleeve to get it done. A package centered around Johnson or Risacher + draft picks. The key for the Bucks is making sure they wait until the summer to see where that pick lands. But I agree with a lot of posters here — this time's different. Giannis could've put this fire out a long time ago and yet it lingers… when that happens, it means the player's camp is stoking it and eventually, this will just come to a head. Not a great day for the Bucks fanbase.
I'll leave that here: Giannis moved his family to Athens this month and his kids started in Greek school. New York is the only city in US with direct flight to Athens.
Enjoy another season with Giannis and a competitive Bucks team. Don't pay attention to all that noise. If and when it happens… We'll it won't be this season. What matters is whether we will play competitive basketball this year with a bit more luck. Go bucks
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I know Kuzma looks very suspect on offense but I still favor him as the starter over Green. Green makes us too small besides he is forced to guard guys that gets him in foul trouble. Therefore its best for him to come in and light up off the bench. I sure wish that he would have worked on his handles this summer
Justin Camille let’s be REAL the Bucks took a piece of there brain to pack there heart THAT Turner sign was REALLY BAD now and moving forward YOU DIDNT GET LUKA ANT WEMBY you got myles turner
At this point who cares seriously
LOCKED ON BUCKS!! GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!! THE BUCKS SHOULD SUE ESPN FOR THESE UNSUBSTANTIATED GOSSIP FODDER!! BECAUSE THE NBA LABELS IT TAPERING!! ESPN IS TAPERING WITH A PLAYER UNDER CONTRACT!! SMALL MARKETS ARE NOT LOVED BY ESPN!! PLUS GOING TO ANOTHER TEAM IS NO GUARANTEE YOUR GOING TO REACH YOUR GOAL!! THIS TEAM ISN'T THE BEST THEY CAN PUT ON THE FLOOR. GIANNIS NEEDS TO BE MORE OUTSPOKEN WITH THE OWNERS ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM!! THEY OWN A NFL TEAM AND MADE A SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT IN A PLAYER BUT THE TEAM AIN'T GOING NOWHERE!! THIS SAME THING IS HAPPENING WITH THE BUCKS!! GIANNIS KNOWS BUSINESS WISE A TRADE WOULD DEPLETE HIS NEW TEAM OF PLAYERS AND WEAKEN THEIR CHANCES TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP!! THE OWNERS NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR PART!! SEEMS LIKE GOLDEN STATE'S OWNER IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CARES ABOUT TRULY WINNING IN THISVDAM LEAGUE!! YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO WIN IN ANY LEAGUE!! THESE OWNERS ARE AND HAVE BEEN PATHETIC!! THE GM SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED FOUR SEASONS AGO!! JUST TO GET A NEW PERSPECTIVE AND FRESH IDEAS IN THAT POSITION!! TRYING TO WIN ON A BUDGET WILL GET YOU A FIRST ROUND EXIT!! WHAT HAS THIS TEAM DONE IN THE LAST FEW SEASONS?? ALSO GOING BACK TO THE GIANNIS ESPN DRAMA!! TURNER IS HERE BECAUSE OF GIANNIS RECRUITMENT!! SO LOCKED ON BUCKS WHY WOULD GIANNIS GO AND RECRUIT THIS MAN IF HE HAD PLANS TO MOVE ON SOON TO ANOTHER TEAM?? THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE NOW DOES IT?? HIS BROTHET RESIGNED WITH THE TEAM!! IF GIANNIS WAS GOING EXIT SOMEWHERE DURING THE SEASON WHY RECRUIT TURNER AND WHY WOULD HE NOT TELL HIS BROTHER DON'T SIGN WITH THE TEAM BECAUSE I'M OUT IF WE ARE NOT WINNING!! AGAIN ESPN IS TAPERING!! YO ESPN LEAVE DAM GIANNIS BE UNTIL HE HIMSELF COMES OUT AND SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF!!!
This Rollins talking point getting ridiculous. They want him to start so bad. They kpj hate is very obvious 😅
brunson and kat for giannis
I’m so sick of Shams!!! He needs to get a life and leave GA and Milwaukee Bucks alone!!!!
I don't even listen to Giannis trade rumors anymore. I don't believe ESPN/National media watches Milwaukee games or even know who our players are.😂
some people have nothing to do besides make rumors about Giannis
the Rumours were true all along. I can believe GA is open to be traded at this point but is hoping to be put in the best possible situation and he seems to want to stay in the East. At this point the Bucks need to start preparing for the departure of GA and hope to get picks and young players back in return hopefully
When Giannis came to America there was a raising fascist movement in Greece. They tried a coup. The liberals aligned with the left, and crushed the political party that attempted it, people went to prison. Here in America our liberal party instead aligned with the new lame ass nazis, no wonder hes moving.
The Bucks signing GA brother shows how desperate they are to keep him in Milwaukee
Talking about Ryan Rollins is great Have a story about the play.
I really don't like the idea of point Giannis…hopefully he doesn't get hurt, maybe once-in-a-while but not every day …
Ill take 2 points and great defense from Ajax vs 5 points ZERO defense from Livingston any day…
Ticket . You are the absolute best !!!
Gary Trent Jr led the playoffs in 3 point shooting percentage
I’m a Knick fan, we don’t have the assets without gutting our team to get Giannis.
The Giannis bound Bucks are necessarily a different structure than other teams. While that makes effective staffing and coaching complicated, it also makes other teams’ differing functional structures not work in a team that suddenly has him on board. Camille is right…just enjoy the season for what it is.
shams is a loser and even Giannis thinks so
Everytime Justin mentioned about Rollins "7 foot wingspan", result in when i watch the bucks game, i only staring at Rollins arms. i did some google research: "Ryan Rollins' wingspan was measured at 6-foot-9.75 inches", i would say 6foot 10 is more accurate rather than call it 7 (or nearly 7) all the time.