Each NBA team keeps a list of “superstars that could become available” on a whiteboard somewhere in the office. This list is speculative – Luka Doncic was not on this and now it’s a laker – But there is tend to be a meaning around the league whose NBA players could be unhappy and which teams are about to rotate and exchange their existing stars.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is at the top of this list. Antetokounmpo is incredibly competitive and although the Bucks won a ring, they quickly aged and the own comments of Greek Freek fueled speculation.
However, his comments to Cosmote TV (the NBA broadcast partner in Greece) during the NBA stars weekend shot the idea he would ask. Here is what he said when he asked him questions about a possible business to a promising team like Detroit, As translated by Eurohoops.net (Hat advanced gradaver).
“At least, Luka went from Dallas to Los Angeles, why you send me to Detroit,” said Giannis with a smile after a comic reaction that included a long “nooooo” and on a more serious note, he added: “The NBA is business if I have been exchanged, I would inform my family and do my job”.
When asked if he texts an SMS to its director should start me. “
There are two things to note here. First, the Bucks will not exchange Antetokounmpo unless he does not ask for one. It is too much for the franchise, both in the field and in terms of franchise value. Antetokounmpo packs the FISERV forum, which is why people pay for expensive seats in this building and why sponsors call it wanting to be associated with bucks. It brings much more value to the deductible than they can pay for it on a maximum salary (as high as these).
Second, I believe that Entertetokounmpo in that he does not see himself asking for a job, that he and his family love Milwaukee, and that he would love to play his whole career for a team. However, the list of players who have said and believed that the same thing to change your mind is longer than the list of complaints concerning the game of stars. Much longer.
Remember, before the season, when he was asked to be exchanged, Antetokounmpo turned to a member of Bucks staff and said: “If we are not winning this year, would you be dismissed ? ” Then he added: “Do you have it in the bottom of your mind, like,” (what) if this year is not doing well? “Yes, if we don’t win a championship, I could be exchanged.
It’s everyone, Doncic is proof of this. However, Bucks fans should comfort themselves in the idea that, in the end, Antetokounmpo says that he does not want to leave and will not ask for a job. It is as good as in today’s NBA.