Giannis Antetokounmpo has lastly addressed the swirling commerce hypothesis surrounding his future, delivering a message that reinforces each his loyalty to the Milwaukee Bucks and his demand for sustained championship rivalry.
“Brother, for those who ask me deep down what I need as we speak, I wish to be a Milwaukee Buck for the remainder of my profession,” Antetokounmpo advised Eric Nehm of The Athletic. “I wish to win right here, one other championship. And for those who can inform me that’s doable, let’s simply hold up the cellphone.
“You realize basketball. You see basketball. You perceive basketball. You’ve been round greatness. You’ve been round a championship workforce. You’ve been round tradition. You’ve been round when the popcorn was popping. You had been round; you noticed it. If you happen to inform me that that’s doable, we will hold up the cellphone and carry on transferring with our day.
“I wish to be right here, however I wish to be right here to win, not preventing for my life to make the playoffs. I’m not used to inconsistent basketball. I’ve performed so a few years of constant basketball, I’m not used to it anymore.”
Milwaukee’s struggles this season have solely fueled hypothesis about potential roster adjustments and even a blockbuster commerce.
“What does that present? Does that present a man that’s not gonna be right here? Is that what my actions present?” Antetokounmpo mentioned doubling down on his dedication when talking with Jim Owczarski of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “I might inform you no matter I need, however what does my actions present? That I wish to be right here. I wish to be right here with those who know what it takes to win.
“If you happen to ask me what do I actually need, deep down in my coronary heart? I wish to be a Milwaukee Buck till I retire and win a championship right here. Finish of sentence,” Antetokounmpo advised Owczarski. “If that’s not doable to occur, and if then you definitely understand perhaps that’s not the case and perhaps they’re wanting elsewhere and that’s not what they’re making an attempt to do, then mechanically you must be within the plans of what they’re making an attempt to do or weigh the opposite choices.”
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