Giannis and the Bucks: The Crossroads No One Can Ignore
Milwaukee Bucks fans brace for uncertainty as trade season heats up—has Giannis Antetokounmpo quietly signaled his desire to leave? Justin Garcia and Camille Davis break down the latest reports from Shams Charania, rising speculation around the Bucks front office “listening” to offers, and what this could mean for the franchise’s future.
The hosts analyze Giannis’ cryptic responses, Milwaukee’s depleted draft assets, and the ripple effects of past aggressive trades for stars like Damian Lillard and Jrue Holiday. Key topics include the team’s bleak playoff outlook, possible trade scenarios, and how the fanbase views Giannis’ legacy amid swirling rumors. With the NBA trade deadline looming, can the Bucks rebuild while honoring their superstar—or is a new era inevitable in Milwaukee?
0:00 – Giannis Trade Rumors Intensify
9:14 – Bucks’ Draft Picks & Trade Assets
21:26 – Giannis’ Legacy and Fan Sentiment
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43 Comments
Yup. Giannis, sitting on the sideline after that injury, that was the last game Giannis played for the Bucks. It felt like it then, whether it was this trade deadline or the summer. That's what it is. It felt like his last game and his last two pressers were both reflective and clearly part of the end. In fact, I'll be really surprised if Giannis talks to the media again until it's with his new team.
Its a shame for the media and fans. Back when they traded Jrue Holiday for Damien Lillard, I knew it was wrong move. What they should've of done was move on from Chris Middleton and kept Holiday. Middleton since the championship couldn't stay on the floor to save his life.and with all that wasted Giannis's prime. Now he can't stay on the floor. Alot of franchises would kill to have this guy. Classic crappy ownership.
Camille Gianni’s did not build the arena the tax payers of Wisconsin paid for it to the tune of 250 million ! Giannis said he was different and in the end Giannis is just like all the rest !
The Bucks owner made the decision to keep Doc Rivers after his failure as a coach and his awful records since he became the Bucks coach. The team went from a top 3 team in the east to one of the worst teams in the league under Doc. Giannis helped built this franchise into a competitive championship winning team but in a span of 2 years he witnessed Doc Rivers destroyed everything that he helped built. And people wonder why he's frustrated. Look at it from his point of view. Doc is not even coaching this team. It was okay when we have other veteran presence on the team but it's harder when the team is full of mostly young players and they are not being coached.
Giannis is done with Doc Rivers and if the Bucks owners refused to fire him, then i don't blame Giannis for exploring his options somewhere else. Who wants to ruin or waste their prime years under a coach that disrespected them? That statement Doc made yesterday about Joel Embiid is about power play. He knows Giannis can't stand him anymore, and he made that statement as a dig at Giannis. Giannis is super competitive and is not going to stand for a coach that's actively sabotaging his team because he'd rather be on the golf course than coach. The future of the Bucks is going to come down to who the Bucks owners value more going forward, Giannis or Doc Rivers? And if Jimmy Haslam is dumb enough to choose his golf buddy Doc Rivers over Giannis, then it is what it is.
Thank you Giannis and Thanasis Antetokounmpo. You brothers are great and gave us a lot of good times.
So let me get this straight Giannis wanted Bud fired won a championship with, didn’t like griffin 30-13 and now want Doc gone according to the fans! lol 😂
Ha!!! Ha !!!!! You all were all hyped up about him staying put in Milwaukee, he’s gone!!
He's not going anywhere unless we trade him, which would be dumb.Just let it ride win or lose.Try to win of course, but give the man what he deserves a good team, make it happen by any cause.I believe we can do it.We have people to trade
I'll never respect Giannis again the way he going about this is so weak the team gave him everything he wanted im a bucks fan first his energy all season has been trash he gave up on the team before the season even started Bucks shouldn't send him where he wants to go do what's best for the tean long term and fans should show him zero respect when he comes back and plays against us
Giannis simply not good enough to compete for championships on a yearly basis with his flawed game, guys like jordan and lebron you can throw them out with a lot of different guys and be right there, only a couple years the Bucks went to the championship series or finals with Giannis because he is and has always been a player who can't shoot from the outside and not powerful enough to dominate inside, liability at the end of games because of poor free throw shooting as well, wish you well wherever you end up Giannis and if you succeed it will definitely put an even poorer light on Horst if he wins easily somewhere else but i doubt it
Giannis brought a championship to the City after 50 years of absence, and guys this is his value. He has the right to choose on how he's gonna deal with his future as well as the organization has the exact same right to do so. Now in the other hand when an organization decides to move away from a player we call it bussines even if it's a shady process, instead when a player tries not to be the bad guy and he's making him self clear about his intentions what we do? Start creating drama and the blame game is on. I thank Giannis for his contribution to bring that championship in the city and trying to help him to find his way to glory while I rebuild my team with the assets that i will get in return of this trade period. 13 years of pure joy with Giannis in the team time to move on and let the big guy fly high. 😢
Isn’t winning the lottery still good for the bucks? Yes, Atlanta would get your pick, but you would get the Pelicans, which will probably still be higher than where you were originally
If the Bucks don’t find out what they can get now they are foolish. If they are trading Giannis and plan to tank they MUST keep Rivers until the last game.
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Don't take me out, but Yes -free Giannis and the Bucks. Most of the Bucks fans understood it was time to go. We thank him, but he was beginning to look a little "different" in many fans eyes-Somewhat like an Aaron Rodgers before he was traded away. It is good that he and the Bucks are going to part ways without anymore drama. We love what Giannis has done for this midsized city , but it seemed like his attitude was outgrowing this market. I'm not saying that in a bad way. His attutude became "Diva-ish" which was less encouraging to many of the fans I talked to. Plus, we were giving too much up for one man. He is a top 10 player and he brought us a championship (thank you Giannis), but it was time to move on (In the beginning we might have thought he was like a Dirk Nowitzki loyalty type of player), but as the years went by he seemed to like attention, and he wanted things to go his way. MKE wasn't/isn't big enough to satisfy his needs, and that's okay. Let's try to catch another diamond in the rough. That's the MKE style. If you think you are good enough to be a Star in the league and you aren't getting the recognition you think you deserve, come to the MKE we are always looking for "Hard workers" and dedicated players to the improvement of the Team. Let's rebuild! I know that probably means empty seats for awhile, but not if we catch another "Diamond in the Rough". Thanks Giannis for a hell of a ride:-)
You say that Milwaukee did everything to create a competitive team. Except for the most important part, hire a decent coach! Except Bud, the team never hired a decent coach! How can you talk about creating a competitive team?! There is lack of leadership and vision for the Bucks. Giannis kept the team relevant, he should have left 2 years ago
Its time to move Giannis, his two point game in a three point league is obsolete …..
It’s all BS, Giannis isn’t going anywhere. Shams has been the only one to report things on Giannis, and so far none of it’s been true. Why should we believe him now? Nobody else is reporting this. It is all fake news. The reason I believe this is because ESPN will do anything possible to get Giannis to a big league market for more money for their company to televise games. ESPN could give a load of crap to Milwaukee and it’s NBA franchise.
Don't throw the baby with the bathwater.
FDR!!!
Lots to do about nothing imo.
Sure they'll listen. Chances of a good enough package are slim.
If it were so easy to get Giannis out of Milwaukee, they would've done it easily. Look at how quickly Luka Doncic got snatched from Dallas to be put into the Lakers, and he never requested a trade, and nobody expected that trade to happen.
FDB in my young dro voice…
It’s the same story over and over again Superstar player that has injury history request trades get traded to a team for all there assets and never gets the job done😂💯
There should actually be no bad feelings from all sides in any way. Giannis did his best for this team and he managed to achieve a lot with this franchise. The franchise got reinvigorated on multiple levels during the Giannis era. A new arena and a championship will always be there to remind this to everybody and that is largely because of Giannis. On the other hand the Bucks did their absolute best to provide Giannis with a good team and they managed to build good teams in many of those years. Mistakes were made at some point, but you definitely can't say that they didn't try hard. The main reasons they didn't get more rings are some injuries, particularly Kris' which was a gap that as proven now was never really covered and lost them a lot of time. As for the last season. It was along shot either way, I don't think anybody was ever certain it would work, they still all decided to give it a shot. It didn't work, time to move on for both, they have already managed together so many unbelievable accomplishments which are far more important.
No bigger Giannis fan than me but from a business standpoint it is time to trade him. He is an aging player and now often injured (3 out of the last 4 years now) whos game is almost all predicated on athleticism so he will see a quicker decline than most players. Bucks need to trade him to the highest bidder with best combo of good draft picks and young potential all star current players. Then Doc has to go cuz he cant coach without KG and Paul Pierce in their prime and Horst also cuz he cant draft for Sh*t.
My biggest issues are how many games did they actually play together due to injuries,there is no starting sf on the roster and as a result of those and an antiquated head coach with a bloated staff,thre's no defense.
Play out the season,rest Giannis the rest of the way, get a good pick and add a good fit at sf.
And Giannis, no basketball until training camp.
And Giannis could sacrifice a little salary to help the situation. I know crazy but how much money do you really need.
I saw this coming when he didn’t come to media day, didn’t turn on the light in his house, didn’t sit up straight in front of his camera and contradicted the owner. His normal happy and positive demeanor has been missing all year.
I grew up with the George Karl Bucks with Ray, Big Dog, and Cassell and having to watch them fall to the 76ers and Allen Iverson in the East Finals. Giannis brought a title to the Bucks and for that I'm forever grateful. I've been saying trade Giannis for two years because he deserves better for what he was doing on the court. As a Bucks fan we need to get the most we can for Giannis. As a Giannis fan I hope he plays with Steph and the Warriors. The picks and possibly Kuminga make it so the Bucks can build for the future. So both the Bucks and Warriors win and Steph with Giannis can win at least another title.
We gave away a bunch of picks for scrubs that didn’t stay on the roster past the acquisition. WE CANNOT LET THIS SAME GM REBUILD THIS TEAM. NO MORE HORST. NO MORE DOC
Gannis needs a champion team and this team is not good enough behind him ! He is in his prime a young Orlando and gannis dynasty
Just Giannis and his body language just let him go he stayed for 12 years he wants to win and the bucks are trash
Horst no good draft picks, no hindsight to get younger when Khris, Jrue and Brook were over 30?! Blame the coach is lazy, ownership was too cheap to keep PJ Tucker. Giannis made some mistakes as well. You reap what you sow.
Was obvious when he tried to manufacture some kinda beef with fans who love him, n make it personal as if they were booing him, when they were obviously booing the TEAM for gettin blown out by 30 at home…
Ya knew then he don’t wanna be there.
So one week he said he wanted to stay in Milwaukee his whole career, the next he was pullin that bullshit.
He’s confused man.
Clearly don’t wanna be there or give them even 1 gap year lol
Just get ridda the dude n get that ball rollin on the next chapter.
Get as much back as possible for him n tank like a mf.
Clean house trade Gianni’s fire Horst fire rivers restart next season. Hire the right people not the same old people
He may as well just request the trade lol
Ya can’t let him dictate the trade though man he’s already forced em into usin a decade + of draft capital tryna get the right point guard for him.
Bucks’ front office has been a complete failure the last few years, having currently tight hands, due obligations created to reimburse dozens of millions to players like Lillard and to ex-coaches. As for the brought in talent, results with non-Giannis games speak for themselves. Finally selecting Doc Rivers to transform a mediocre at best group to a high performing team, has been far from success. Nevertheless, many here as I see believe that it’s all a Giannis bad attitude and effect. Have you ever thought that some of his stress injuries are linked to his overcompensating efforts for his beloved team and home?
All about his legacy man that’s all it is. Good luck tryna win a title when he’s injured 2 post-seasons runnin lol
I’d only really root for that dude if we got a mad haul back for him.
Always got love for the guy though. But nothin remotely close to Khris.
Peace to Kobe he never left his ship😢
Makes the 2021 chip all the more bittersweet. We had it all!! Giannis and Horst put together something special and now here we are, dying by the same sword. I hope our last gift from Giannis is that he is patient and affords us the opportunity to maximize the assets we bring back for him.
I don't blame giannis this organization pick to keep doc Rivers over star player they easily change faith. Better get best package at least giannis give you leverage pick what package draft picks will be priority
I’ll never be a fan of the Bucks Again! 😢
Yeah. This completely fucked my perception of Giannis and I will never ever view him the same way. Piece of shit move to leave us high and dry in a season like this. Shows the lack of consideration for fans. Tarnishes his legacy and he deserves it. He sure as shit isn't gonna get anything done in Miami. Good luck to you buddy. Peace out.