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Antetokounmpo and the Bucks will discuss their future at their offseason meeting next week

7:58am, 20 May 2025【Basketball】

According to sports media F/W contributor Gautam Varyl. Antetokounmpo's future in the Mid Bucks has been a hot topic in recent weeks as they were out for the third straight first round in the playoffs. Antetokounmpo is said to be open to leaving the Bucks, NBA insider Chris Haynes reported that he is expected to meet with the team next week.

"I was told that the Bucks had contacted Antetokounmpo as early as this morning," Haynes said on Haynes Briefs. “The source conveyed to me that a meeting is expected to be scheduled in mid-next week. That’s where Giannis will have the opportunity to talk to the Bucks seniors and talk about the direction of the team. “A lot of things happened to the Bucks this offseason,” continued Haynes. “I personally know Giannis, who is one of the hardest competitors in our league. A person with great ambitions. He wants multiple championships, and that's all he wants to do is be put in one position so that he can fight alongside a team that has a chance to compete for the championship. This will be a very, very important meeting next week. ”

Antes Antetokounmpo and the Bucks won the NBA championship in 2021, but everything has been going downhill since then. They look like a good championship contender, but Middleton was injured in the playoffs, and they lost to the Boston Celtics in the 2022 Eastern Conference semifinals. Antetokounmpo’s injury will result in the Bucks being eliminated in the first round of 2023. Then, they go all out by trading Lillard in the following offseason, which seems like a great move on paper. However, the partner with Lillard never fully received results and the injury issues were not far from being away, which doesn’t help. One or both of them will miss 2024 and 2025 In the playoff time of 2018, this led to two other first-round exits.

Lillard tear his Achilles tendon in Game 4 of the first-round series against the Indiana Pacers this year, and Milwaukee’s future looks very bleak. The chances of the team winning another title soon seem slim. So, if Antetokounmpo wants to win one or two more titles, it might be in his best interest to leave the Bucks this offseason. If the 30-year-old does ask and the Bucks fulfill his wish, he will have a lot of suitors.

Antetokounmpo is one of the best players in the NBA, averaging 30.4 points, 11.9 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 0.9 steals and 1.2 Second block. Players like the nine-time All-Star are often not traded frequently. NBA insider Windhorst believes the Spurs and Rockets are the frontrunners in the acquisition of Antetokounmpo. However, neither team is the first on his preferred landing spot roster.

Brendon "Scoop B" Robinson Revealed Antetokounmpo’s preference for his new team. He prefers to stay in the Eastern Conference with some control over the roster and coaching decisions and enter a market where other stars want to join him. We have listed four real-life destinations for Antetokounmpo and the quotes each team can offer. One of them may no longer be a viable landing point, as Antetokounmpo reportedly has reserved for going to the Heat due to the issues of team owner Riley.

Antetokounmpo will be the biggest topic of this offseason because you want to know which team jersey he will wear at the start of the 2025-26 season!