If LeBron James, Kevin Durant or Anthony Davis ever want to join Giannis Antetokounmpo with the Milwaukee Bucks, hey, they have a deal.
That comes straight from The Greek Freak himself.
“This is a statement that I have never made before. If LeBron and Kevin Durant and Anthony Davis came to Milwaukee I would be happy,” Antetokounmpo told Cosmote TV in his native Greece. “I am not interested if I am the top, second or third name, OK? I just want to win.”
That’s not Antetokounmpo telling the Bucks to go out and get one of those players. That’s just him saying he doesn’t have to be top dawg. If the team is winning big, he doesn’t care about his own status in the pecking order.
Either way, the Bucks are in a bit of a pickle with the back -to-back NBA MVP and reigning Defensive Player of the Year. He is eligible to become a free agent at the end of the season. He is eligible to sign a supermax contract extension right now.
Where he goes, nobody knows.
Bucks general manager Jon Horst has tried to get some help for a team that keeps finishing with the best regular-season records … then goes nowhere notable in the postseason. One of the offseason moves included landing veteran guard Jrue Holiday in a trade with the New Orleans Pelicans.
But in today’s NBA, you generally need a second superstar before you start talking titles.
“The Bucks asked for my opinion on this year’s roster,” Antetokounmpo said. “I wanna focus on playing basketball, on how to become a better player. If LeBron, AD or Durant would join me in Milwaukee, I would be fine.”
Now, none of those three are joining the Bucks anytime soon. It doesn’t take an NBA savant to figure that out. But if you’re Antetokounmpo, it’s not a bad message to send in a contract year.
He wants to win and he apparently wants to win in Milwaukee. Stay tuned.
