Giannis Antetokounmpo is staying with the Milwaukee Bucks, per @WindhorstESPN “The league has come to terms with the real realization that the Bucks are going to keep him in. Giannis is not going to ask for a trade.”(via @GetUpESPN) pic.twitter.com/8C0FmcWNW4— Fullcourtpass (@Fullcourtpass) June 13, 2025
lol.
Giannis understands what the casual fan does not.
Any team that acquires him will have to gut their roster of the very players he’d want to play with. Other than a straight up swap for KD (and that would need to have Durant’s blessing since Phoenix sems to be working very closely with him and his agent to work that situation out). He’d be in the same, if not worse, situation he’s in now.
This is a cap issue, one for the GM and his staff to remedy. Same as every other team in the league except the three bottom feeders.
It’s the Kobe on Pluto scenario all over again minus the Bryant-fueled drama he created. Giannis came to the same conclusion it took Kobe like 5 months to figure out: you won’t be playing on that team you like with all the stars…they’re swapping spots with you.
That’s why the Lakers never had any kind of shot at all, we got nothing to replace Giannis in Milwaukee…even if the contracts work we don’t have the draft ponies to run that race.
The 3 stars model is dead. Make this trade and the Lakers could be the next Suns.