Jaychance3

276 | 7 hours ago

Giannis: Don’t worry about me, worry about basketball.

Exotic_Pension_9993 | Suns

72 | 6 hours ago

giannis: there’s a lot of noise out there, don’t let it distract you.

the bucks: oh, so it’s all bullshit right?

giannis: that’s not what i said

RedboneEdit

18 | 6 hours ago

Giannis: don’t worry about me worry about basketball

Bobby Portis: who is basketball?

PrimeShaq | Australia

3 | 5 hours ago

Nikola Mirotic.

Blackmanwdaplan

1 | 2 hours ago

Bout to punch basketball in the fucking face. Maybe break his jaw or something

nomorecrackas

46 | 6 hours ago

Bucks: so you leaving or nah

LowDot187

93 | 6 hours ago

Giannis: Dont worry about me, worry about basketball.

Vordeo | Jazz

33 | 6 hours ago

Thanasis: Yeah, everyone! Focus on basketball! By the way, bro where in NYC did you say we should get apartments again?

Rocky-Rocker

23 | 6 hours ago

Giannis: Thanasis I don’t know how to say this…

tmax1976 | Suns

9 | 6 hours ago

Thanasis: You can tell me when we get New York pizza. I love you very much.

Rocky-Rocker

10 | 6 hours ago

Giannis: I’m sorry to whatever team I go to next they asked me to prove that I must dedicate myself to win again and for that I must rid my earthy tethers.. I’m sorry were trading you to the Kings.

certo17

7 | 5 hours ago

More like.. “idk how to tell you this bro but when I leave time to go back home to Greece and look into the job listings.. we had a good run!”

89rjd | NBA

4 | 5 hours ago

Giannis: Brother, let he hold your hands when i say this…

Dreamlion_Inc | Wizards

6 | 6 hours ago

Bucks: Giannis is that a yes or a no?

Rocky-Rocker

23 | 6 hours ago

Giannis: Whats that over there?

Bucks look behind them.

Giannis runs out the room.

Kwilly462 | Nets

15 | 6 hours ago

“Cuz you gonna have to play against me at some point”

BatmanNoPrep | Lakers

2 | an hour ago

Giannis falling into the Dame/Portland trap. Previously known as the KG/Minnesota trap. They always want to leave without looking like the villain. But the team is never going to let them go unless forced to do so. The only way to leave is to embrace being the bad guy who forced his way out and making it ugly.

Fake-Podcast-Ad | Supersonics

2 | 6 hours ago

Kuzma: Is that Onsi Salah outside? Blasting Party in the USA with a money canon?

Giannis: That counts as outside noise.

InsuranceQuick4826

2 | 6 hours ago

it might be underinflated

we_hella_believe

2 | an hour ago

Giannis: Don’t worry about me, worry about you, we’re all getting traded.

PeebMcBeeb

1 | 6 hours ago

Don’t you worry about trade rumors, let me worry about blank

Derrickmb

1 | 4 hours ago

Rock star to his band mates and crew: don’t worry about the money, worry about the music

Icy-Mortgage8742 | Warriors

1 | 3 hours ago

“worry about basketball because you’re not gonna have much help around here”

“wait what?”

“Huh? Nothing…”

IntelligentAd5460 | Grizzlies

116 | 6 hours ago

me when i am about to break up with someone

SaulBerenson12 | SAS

5 | 3 hours ago

“It’s not me…it’s you”

GardenTheGreat | Lakers

33 | 6 hours ago

The equivalent of saying nothing at all.

pmurt007 | Lakers

23 | 7 hours ago

This guy loves being seen as the nice guy to everyone when we all know he’s been trying to get out of Milwaukee the last couple of years

Prestigious_Cycle724 | Bucks

38 | 6 hours ago

Couple of years? If he wanted out for years he’d be long gone by now

Cletus_Starfish | POR

3 | 5 hours ago

Yeah I think the current shit is probably legit and that’s he’s seriously considering a change of scenery, but before now I’ve always been pretty dubious about “Giannis might be traded” rumors.

Prestigious_Cycle724 | Bucks

2 | 5 hours ago

Yeah it was always relatively easy to ignore until dame tore his Achilles. after that it started to at least seem possible and now I’d honestly be a bit surprised if he plays another game for us.

nomorecrackas

3 | 6 hours ago

because Bucks had to make significant moves to keep him. there’s a reason Bucks made blokcbuster trades before each time Giannis signed his extensions

now they’ve run out of moves to make

PapaJohnsGarlic100 | Magic

1 | 6 hours ago

You’re right. It’s that in some ways he should want out, but can’t quite admit it to himself.

Prestigious_Cycle724 | Bucks

6 | 6 hours ago

I think it’s a tough situation for him just because I do think he loves the city and the organization still, and has spent his entire adult life here. On the other hand we suck and he’s a competitor and all time great in his prime. I’m not really convinced he knows what he wants to do at this point.

Platano_con_salami | Knicks

0 | 6 hours ago

He knows what he wants he just cant realistically get there.

JoJonesy | Celtics

16 | 6 hours ago

nah if he’d actually wanted to leave the last couple years he’d be out of there by now. i think this season might genuinely be the last straw though

captain_ahabb | Lakers

3 | 6 hours ago

I think this summer was the shift from “I’ll leave if you guys don’t do X” to “I’m out”

No-Signature8815

7 | 6 hours ago

He’s put pressure on his team, now who does that sound like?

EarthWarping | NBA

1 | 6 hours ago

Always said hes bron with better pr in the media

ProgrammerNo8488

10 | 6 hours ago

Man listen. LeBron is my goat but no one is topping his PR in the NBA today lol

No-Signature8815

3 | 6 hours ago

I’m a fan of both tbh

captain_ahabb | Lakers

3 | 6 hours ago

This is literally just a beat for beat replay of the Dame situation

jo734030

1 | 5 hours ago

Makes you wonder why is considering leaving when he just watched dame Try + fail

captain_ahabb | Lakers

3 | 5 hours ago

Well he’s not washed yet and he’s better than dame ever was

dianeblackeatsass | Grizzlies

1 | 4 hours ago

also there’s plenty of stars who went to another team and had success lol idk why Dame would be the only example to look at

Popcorn-93

2 | 5 hours ago

No evidence to support this at all but okay. There’s a reason every “source” is like “Giannis is considering his options” and not “Giannis requested a trade” because they don’t know shit.

LAudre41 | NBA

2 | 6 hours ago

he can’t want to leave and also care about the terms he leaves on? give me a break.

buffalobill41 | Mavericks

1 | 5 hours ago

That means he isn’t nice?

Icy-Mortgage8742 | Warriors

1 | 3 hours ago

why would that make him not nice, tho? He literally won them a championship. Teams and players are supposed to give and take. He set them up with a ring, why does he owe them the rest of his career on a shitty team when he could go somewhere else and win again, and they could get picks for him and rebuild.

It does neither party any good to keep Giannis around, not win, and not have a future. The only thing the Bucks get from him right now is jersey sales. Is 3-5 more years of jersey sales worth forcing Giannis to stick around?

whatssenguntoagoblin | Alperen Sengun

-6 | 6 hours ago

Hot take: he has Dwight syndrome where he wants everyone to like him. Thankfully he has a good family with him and isn’t a deviant like Dwight.

JoJonesy | Celtics

6 | 6 hours ago

“wanting everyone to like you” isn’t a syndrome

dwrek24 | Spurs

8 | 6 hours ago

People talking about human nature like its an illness. Im dead 🤣

ayeno

23 | 6 hours ago

That doesn’t sound like he said he is staying for sure

Wembanyama2029mvp | Bucks

17 | 6 hours ago

This sub is going to have a meltdown when the trade deadline passes and they find out Giannis stays

orangekingo | Spurs

19 | 5 hours ago

I wouldn’t be shocked, but I also think it’s pretty much undeniable at this point that he’s had pretty serious talks with the FO about leaving. They may go nowhere cuz his destinations can’t afford him, but there’s no way this is just all made up.

This stuff is getting reported by like the top news guys in the sport, not some nobodies. It’s clearly coming from somewhere.

yoloqueuesf | NYK

1 | 2 hours ago

I mean he’s probably going back and forth, for one he wants to stay with the Bucks, but he also wants to win and he’s got limited years left and the Bucks are fucked with their current cap space situation as far as i know.

Popcorn-93

0 | 5 hours ago

Top guys means nothing, shams has been trying to get Giannis traded for years he has no source. I’m a bucks fan, the bucks should probably trade him, but that doesn’t mean that any of these people know anything. They have reported the same thing for years and years.

orangekingo | Spurs

5 | 5 hours ago

Seems bizarre to me that the incredibly reputable and well connected Shams randomly has an ulterior motive to lie when it comes to specifically Giannis.

These conversations have happened. Doesn’t mean he’ll get traded, but hes clearly expressed the desire to the FO before.

Muxamillion

0 | 3 hours ago

The problem is that Shams has been the boy who cried wolf for the past three to four years on this subject matter. He might as well start his “Cade Cunningham may leave Detroit” banter now, so in seven years he can claim he was right all along.

LeftDefinition5180

18 | 6 hours ago

If he wanted to stay he wouldn’t be saying things like this. He would simply just say I’m playing for the Bucks for the season all the rumors are false.

jo734030

8 | 5 hours ago

Well, it’s weird cause he has been with the bucks for a number of years and he has never said that, and he has never dismiss the rumors and yet he has never left

dianeblackeatsass | Grizzlies

3 | 4 hours ago

because he’s been taking advantage of the rumors for years as leverage to get the Bucks to make moves. They’re a positive for him regardless if he actually wanted to leave or not

Icy-Mortgage8742 | Warriors

1 | 3 hours ago

I mean he could be doing this to see who’s interested but I think if he’s not moving to a team that would immediately become a ring contender with him on the roster, he might just wait another season and see how the landscape changes.

31 with a ring, he clearly understands the narrative around him is that he’s wasting his career when he could be a multiple NBA champion, so he doesn’t seem like he’d leave his home just to sit through a rebuild + move his wife and kids away from their longterm residence and start over with a new team that may or may not bend over backwards for him like the bucks did.

Swift_42690 | Knicks

11 | 6 hours ago

I’m sure he’d be happy competing for a play in spot

Traditional_Car_3662

3 | 6 hours ago

Pacers started out 10-15 and played game 7 of the nba finals in June last season btw, a lot can change in a season

yeetmxster420 | Minneapolis Lakers

5 | 6 hours ago

Pacers also had a good bench to help them. Milwaukee doesn’t

Traditional_Car_3662

1 | 6 hours ago

Tbf to them, KPJ just came back as soon as Giannis went down, and has looked v good. Rollins and AJ Green are great pieces. They still have Kuzma and Bobby, and a FRP swap to use to trade. Cole Anthony has been disappointing but Gary Harris has been okay. Miles Turner still ramping up. Its not all doom and gloom, with Giannis its definitely a fixable situation. Question is how bad the record looks when he returns

Broke_Banker01 | Bucks

3 | 6 hours ago

If there is even a chance at trading Giannis this offseason, Horst will not even consider trading any future picks.

Colorapt0r | Bucks

-4 | 6 hours ago

Yes we do? We have one of the deeper teams in the league lol that’s like the opposite of our issues

jo734030

3 | 5 hours ago

We need a wing lol

ivandragostwin | Bulls

1 | 4 hours ago

I guess it depends on how to define “depth” but this team without Giannis is proving to be bottom of the barrel in the league.

They have fine role players that can give you something game to game but compare that to other teams and there’s a clear talent gap in what they have in their top 7 or so beyond their go to guy. Teams like the Knicks, Cavs, Celtics, Heat, Hawks, Thunder, Lakers, Houston can lose a star and still compete. I even think Denver is prolly better equipped to deal with a Jokic injury this year.

tcollins371 | Pacers

1 | 4 minutes ago

Pacers also were missing key starters and had no backup centers for most of that 10-15 stretch before getting healthy and trading for Thomas Bryant. Outside of Giannis, Milwaukee has mostly been healthy.

GooseGang412 | Thunder

1 | 3 hours ago

I’ll just be glad if he doesn’t come to the West.

Blackmalico32 | Bucks

11 | 6 hours ago

Feels like groundhogs day, déjà vu with this shit

No-Web-5557

11 | 6 hours ago

Tired of Giannis disney humble act.

Broke_Banker01 | Bucks

9 | 6 hours ago

Translation:

I’m a buck this year. My agent is going to go through 16 diff scenarios about potential trade destinations for the offseason and we will reassess in June.

TDB4421

10 | 6 hours ago

“Don’t worry about me trying to leave this dump, just keep playing basketball”

heat_fan_ | Raptors

8 | 6 hours ago

Trying to make himself the nice guy

ColtCallahan

6 | 5 hours ago

Giannis could put all of this distracting noise to bed with a simple interview or tweet. That’s it. All he has to do is say that I’m committed to Milwaukee and I’m not leaving. It’s not like he needs leverage with them. He already has complete influence.

The fact that he won’t think says it all.

Renzel0311

4 | 6 hours ago

It’s not you it’s me response

donkeyinparadise | Nets

7 | 6 hours ago

Atp this whole thing is just weird bro.

Bucks fans are better than me.

FKJVMMP | MIL

7 | 6 hours ago

We’re starting to get pretty annoyed at this point too. Most of us wouldn’t blame him at all for wanting to go given our situation, but shit man… Just say you wanna go. Or don’t, and come out publicly and say “I’m staying, end of story”. All this drama is wildly unnecessary.

yeetmxster420 | Minneapolis Lakers

-13 | 6 hours ago

exactly all he has to do is say “i want to join the Lakers” & then boom LA has a dynasty

HereComesJustice | Spurs

3 | 6 hours ago

“Some of y’all might be included in the trade, so think of it as an audition for you guys too”

BudgetPractical8748

4 | 6 hours ago

Giannis- focus on basketball. Cause when I’m gone yall are gonna need to be way better at that

Erosun

4 | 6 hours ago

He GONE

Hoopersmooth69 | Bucks

3 | 3 hours ago

The “outside noise” is coming from inside the house

Bern5X | Warriors

0 | 6 hours ago

I’m sure Giannis is a nice guy but man does he act like someone who really wants people to know he is a nice guy

Swift_42690 | Knicks

9 | 6 hours ago

I’m confused, is this Giannis reporting this? lol it’s not like he’s shouting to the world that he’s a nice guy

Chessh2036 | Hawks

2 | 6 hours ago

Shams and ESPN tomorrow: “Giannis meets with teammates to discuss future. Star taking steps to say goodbye?”

xArgonaut | Lakers

2 | 5 hours ago

he gone

bbqporkbelly | NBA

2 | 5 hours ago

“So are you staying or leaving?”

Giannis: Yes

FERFreak731 | Jazz

1 | 7 hours ago

He stay

whatssenguntoagoblin | Alperen Sengun

2 | 6 hours ago

I got the exact opposite from this tweet

LindseyCorporation | Thunder

1 | 6 hours ago

“Hey baby I know they’re saying I entertain other women but ignore them, let’s just focus on us”

No-File-2329

1 | 6 hours ago

Do you think thanasis was part of these talks or?

cl353 | Heat

1 | 6 hours ago

“it’s not u, it’s me” ass type statement lol

wolfgrey23

1 | 6 hours ago

Rip the bandage off already

CabbageStockExchange | Lakers

1 | 5 hours ago

Things said before a breakup

Kitchen_Ad_3753 | Bulls

1 | 5 hours ago

*Jeff Teague watching Giannis in the huddle meme*

LegateDamar13

1 | an hour ago

He over leveraged his position and now everything feels like a house of cards. His fault though, team done it’s best.

Faux_null8834 | Mavericks

0 | 6 hours ago

middleton really ended giannis’s time in milwaukee

lawschoolthrowaway36 | Lakers

0 | 6 hours ago

Well over a year ago I predicted Giannis would demand a trade but only once he royally pissed off everyone involved, including Bucks fans and his teammates.

So wild that he can’t see he’s already the villain. It’s over dude. Demand the trade and move on. It’s actually worse to equivocate while you pretend to have genuine concern over Milwaukee’s rebuild.

Faux_null8834 | Mavericks

-1 | 6 hours ago

ofc haynes gonna paint him as a good guy, they’re related

LongStriver

-1 | 6 hours ago

Doubt his teammates care. Bucks aren’t good.

concretecowboiiiii | Pistons

-2 | 6 hours ago

Such a giackass

Creepy_Ruin3891

-1 | 6 hours ago

I cant wait for this garbage subs crashout when Giannis is a buck for life

techgenusantinomy | Thunder

1 | 6 hours ago

This. Giannis has shown no indication of wanting out. Euros like Jokic, Giannis, and Luka have all said they want to stay with their teams for life. Luka would still be in Dallas if it were up to him. Fans of other teams quit trying to force a breakup between Giannis and the Bucks.

ransom760 | Lakers

2 | 5 hours ago

Didn’t Giannis literally say Euros should be in big markets or something like that

CoogiMonster | Rockets

2 | 5 hours ago

He did and the person before you just has bad media literacy/takes too much at face value… he didn’t meet with ownership about the future of the team to discuss mock-ups for future bobble-head nights. All there is to discuss is the narrow margin on trades, trading Giannis, or tanking.

They’re wanting to treat each other as good as possible but they’re reaching the end of the rope.

Monte735 | MIL

0 | 3 hours ago

Giannis also literally said that he wants to be like Dirk, Kobe and Tim Duncan and stay with one team his entire career. At this point, Giannis has given 100 different quotes that fuel his desire to stay or leave.

WhoUCuh

-2 | 6 hours ago

He gone

[Haynes] Sources: Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo met with some teammates to address rumors of his future. Message was to focus on basketball and not allow outside noise to distract team.