Giannis Antetokounmpo on the trade rumors surrounding him: “If my agent is talking to the Bucks about it… he can have any conversations he wants. I personally have not had the conversation with the Bucks.”
he realizes that we know that his agent works for him right?
He thinks that we don’t
If he leaves, I wonder if his brother will be included. We worked hard for the duo.
Either that or waived within minutes
Milliseconds
I remember young Gianny at 18. It’d be something to see if they are traded as a package. Would kinda hurt personally, if not.
“SMOOOTHIES!” lmao. Amazing journey and player. Never seen anyone change his physique like him.
I can’t imagine they’d be traded together, other than to match salaries. Otherwise Bros can join him later on a vet min, if Giannis keeps up the demand for family
Personal level, we did a lot for it to happen.
Nah give that man a max contract and have the social media team constantly making videos of his brother having a great time in Milwaukee just to make Giannis jealous. It’s not like they’ll have a shot to be competitive anyway, so just have fun with it.
He’ll be on that minute by minute contract.
Both Alex (Bucks g league team) and Thanasis have to come with him
If he gets traded it’s that pesky agents fault, he’s just an innocent bystander
Dude standing up there looking guilty af. Like a kid whose disrupting the entire class and the teacher makes him go to the front of the classroom to apologize lol
Insert Kevin James meme
His body language acting so guilty lmao.
He wants to be a nice guy about it but obviously you cant be nice when you do this shit.
It’s kinda sad that he’s so beholden to an image that he also wants to be rid of, like dude just tell it like it is and stop being weird about it.
I get him not wanting to be seen as Jimmy Butler 2.0, but the way he’s going about this really is weird. Unlike some other stars who have publicly requested a trade, he won them a championship and the FO obviously screwed up building a team around him. I’m sure some Bucks fans would be pissed about him wanting out, but the sentiment here sounds like most fans get it, and are happy he’s stuck around as long as he has.
Honesty is the best policy man. Bucks fans will say thanks for the memories and cheer for him when he comes back and gets a tribute video…. Unless he does this shit for another year and a half
Idk that they even screwed up per se, they went all in multiple times and it just didn’t work out. Winning it all isn’t easy if you don’t draft and control multiple generational talents. Of the most recent “dynasties” warriors are the prime example.
If he would have just come out and say it after Dame got hurt, I don’t think many fans would be too upset. This roster and the assets available to improve the roster ran dry. Crazy unlucky with some big injuries and even with that, there were really only small stretches where it felt like a real contender
he’s playing it well, fans are fickle
well, that’s just like, your opinion, man.
Tbf, prob just doesn’t want to get fined for directly asking for it
he literally says it in this video “at the end of the day, I dont work for my agent, he works for me” lmao
lol you know people aren’t watching the video
It’s 7 seconds into the video.
That’s 7 seconds I could be using to write a snarky comment.
You know what his snarky comments per second is? SCPS numbers through the roof!
I don’t think so. That’s why he said it.
Do you have a source for this?
Giannis doing his best Kawhi impression
This trick works because during the Spurs/Raptors/LA Kawhi saga, Kawhi effectively managed to direct all the fan outrage towards Uncle Dennis
Haha like dafuq is he trying to say here? 😅😅😅
He’s basically saying his agent has free reign to explore anything he can for Giannis’ best (financial) interests.
“He can have any conversation he wants” “At the end of the day he works for me”
I mean, he literally says his agent works for him in the video. Did you even watch it?
Probably just dont wanna get fined by the NBA
Fr he worded this in the weirdest way lol
this dude going in the gaslighting hall of fame
Seriously. Like if your agent is going against your wishes you fire your agent haha.
Guy saw him in a gym in Athens and got him to the NBA. I think they’re both pretty ride-or-die with each other
He never said it was against his wishes though.
People need to understand a few things
Agents do represent their client and make calls on clients behalf without staffing each move. Word of these conversations gets out
Giannis has always maintained he stays as long as winning and competing remain controllable. He has never declared he will retire a buck AND he has never asked out. He is ALWAYS keeping his opportunities open and therefore it is his wish his agent proactively explores options
He is clearly stating the bucks are not shopping him (even if he wants out, they are not compliant).
This “hands off” approach toward his agent is consistent with all other reporting within bucks camp and bucks media.
I’m so tired of Giannis & his bs, he always hints about leaving & leaks word that he wants to get traded & then acts like he doesn’t know shit & its all up to the FO
The Durant special.
At least Giannis won the team that drafted him a championship
Also he’s been on one team for like 13 years and hasn’t left yet despite it looking grim.
Wins chip. Superstar pairing underperforms due to life stuff, gets injured, and traded back home. FO hires Doc fucking Rivers.
I aint judging Giannis for anything in 2025. Shop yourself around and put your whole damn family on the roster.
He advocated for the coach who needed to be fired that led to Doc Rivers though
If I remember correctly they could’ve gotten Nurse but Giannis didn’t want him. Nurse had his flaws but he’s a better coach then Doc Rivers
I believe so and yeah would probably fix your defensive issues.
Yup that’s right it was more of a “not Nurse” than a “hire Griffin”. Should’ve been Atkinson the whole time if you ask me
Yeah maybe if Durant had a run where other star players got injured he might have won, instead he was facing the prime Spurs, Heat and Warriors
The team that drafted KD doesn’t exist anymore
Seattle?
how could KD do that when the team that drafted KD doesn’t exist
Dwight is the OG of this
Dwight’s indecision is still my least favorite media frenzy ever. MAKE A DECISION ALREADY
He must think we’re all idiots or something lol.
He also gets into stupid beefs, then talks to the media about these beefs in the most condescending way possible. But apparently most of us dumb Americans are turned on by his accent or something; many people miscontrue Giannis’ condescension as class.
People also give him a huge pass for being a hothead. He’s started a lot of fights including head butting multiple players, had the weird ladder incident with the equipment guy, injured the Pacers GM when he shoved him during the game ball incident, and lots of other minor instances of aggression. Yet he’s a wholesome guy because he likes Oreos and making sex jokes.
The Bucks fans might as well be because most of them believe this is all just a big conspiracy and Shams hates them. It’s kind of funny.
To be totally fair, the dude hasn’t left.
He probably asked for a trade a long time ago and has lost patience so this is his only way out.
Isn’t it a heavy fine to for these players say they don’t want to be there or to openly like any team?
Even if they would want to want out, losing the joy for basket ball is the most they can say and making the agent the fall guy has been the norm since the Damian Lillard summer.
yes it is against the CBA to ask for a trade publicly
all these people think giannis is playing some mind games when he’s just obeying the CBA
He’s saying everything except the part he’s literally not allowed to say. he gives everyone enough to read between the lines
if you want more than that.. take it up with the union and the owners who wanted it this way
I didn’t mind it in the past as it seemed to be the only thing the FO took seriously. They’d do nothing with a clearly not good enough roster, Giannis would make some comment implying he wasn’t happy, they’d make some move to get better, rinse and repeat. This time it comes off as disingenuous as clearly there are no roster improvement moves left and he’s actually angling for a trade.
They were one of the best teams in the league by 2018, which is before the multiple all in moves they subsequently made
The funny thing is he literally prefaces it with I don’t work for my agent, my agent works for me and then proceeds to say that shit lol
Giannis is smart asf lmao “I’m just focusing on winning idk anything about the trade I’m demanding talk to my lawyer”
The conversations my agent has on my behalf with my employer are none of my business
Players aren’t allowed to publicly say they want to be traded
I love how in denial bucks fans have been about this lol
It really is amazing and fuels me ngl
why not? they do it all the time lol. just last year jimmy butler got his way by being loud about wanting to be moved. he didn’t directly say “trade me” but he made it clear enough, and giannis could make it clear if he wanted to.
They dont do it all the time. Its actually a cba rule. Anthony davis was fined for something his agent did so even giannis’ excuse here doesnt really hold water. They’ve tip toed around with the language to avoid fines and giannis is trying to shift the heat away from himself but we all know both he and his agent are looking at exit plans but dont want to be fined like AD and dont want Milwaukee to hate him after he leaves like most of jimmy’s stops
Maybe, just maybe, it’s because he doesn’t outright want to be traded and just wants to figure out what his best course of action is? If staying is a good idea and Bucks look promising, I am sure he would like that best.
If PG acted like Giannis has been this past year /r/nba would be calling for his head on a stick
Yeah man Giannis just does whatever his agent decides what’s best. If the agent says ask out, well shucks I guess giannis has to go with it /:
Kind of feel bad for Giannis. He wants to stay but sadly he works for his agent.
Giannis just drinks smoothies he doesn’t demand trades
*smothies
Don’t let his muscular figure fool you he’s just a child!
I mean that’s what he pays the agent for right? I assume he speaks with his agent semi regularly about his personal expectations and desires and it is his agents job to seek that out. I doubt giannis is sitting there pointing his finger saying talk to him and talk to him
His agent would never meet with the bucks to discuss trade options unless giannis was telling him he was wanting to be traded.
giannis’ agent needs to be fired just for telling giannis that this type of gaslighting would work lol
Giannis is going with the “These are not the drones you are looking for” strategy
an objectively funny way to act like its not you that wants out. “my agent can do whatever he wants. who am I to stop him from exercising free will”
Lmfao, yeah he’s just out there doin whatever. Who am i to say if he should be arranging a trade for me.
I wish my boss was as understanding and supportive
jon horst finds a note stuck in his locker written in glitter pen with hearts on the i
“Do u like Giannis (enuf 2 trade him to NYK)? [ ] Yes [ ] No (plz say yes)”
More people acting like kawhi. This sucks.
Giannis has been way more loyal than Kawhi and has every right to negotiate with teams for salary
“America is a great country because of its freedom. My agent is an agent of freedom.”
It’s lame, like dude, the Bucks fans adore you, you can just ask out they’ll understand and they’ll still adore you
Exactly. It’s a bad look to be THIS insincere
Like there are situations in which I understand players trying to paint themselves as the good guy in those situation, when you are THAT great it’s just so stupid
Devils advocate but the dude was transient for a big bit of his life both in terms of housing and his nationality/representation/what he calls home.
This may legit be one of the first times he’s had comfort and had to make a hard decision to turn his back on family (2 Giannis 2 thanassis).
It’s like a breakup that you don’t want to happen but you know needs to for personal growth of both parties. Emotions can be hard to reconcile and I doubt he’s exempt from it.
I hear you
I just think you say “I will not be commenting on trade rumors” over and over again and leave it at that
But LOYALTY
People keep saying this but when have fans ever been okay with their player asking out for a trade? I cant think of any real examples like this
Dame then he started asking for specific teams
Lol ok has a star player ever asked out and not had specific destination requests? It just seems like such a crazy thing to suggest fans do but it keeps getting thrown out there like a no brainer for some reason
Yeah but dame wasn’t just having a preference he was actively sabotaging his own trade value and did the same shit with the value of the scoot pick
Russ is probably the best example.
People were fine with dame doing it then he started his whole “miami or i won’t play” saga
There also aren’t many examples of a star player getting drafted to a team, winning them their first championship in 50 years, and then asking out after over a decade. A guy with Giannis’s pedigree is going to get a lot more grace than any of the stars we’ve seen in the past who haven’t won their team a championship and then requested a trade.
100%.
At this point I would rather him get traded because I want to see him get a real chance to make a postseason run.
Nah. Thanks for the title and all, but I am done with listening to this man talk.
He pushed for all the moved that stopped the team of assets and is now upset they cannot do more.
Which is exactly why I say fuck trading him to his preferred destination, get as much of a haul as you can.
…..okay Mr treasure chest back tf off, i see what you’re doing here
Different Thunder fan here but honestly I dont want him. I would still like to see the Bucks get a haul because fuck the big markets. Also the east needs more good teams, please don’t trade him West.
Yeah he pushed Horst to waste our last 5 draft picks on absolute bums 😂 fuck up
Took long enough but glad fans are acknowledging it. We were contenders for damn near a decade and won a ring, it’s time to move on.
Reminds of the Dwight Howard fiasco
he’s not only hurting himself by dragging this out another season, but it’s messing with the fans and the organization’s future. they just made a big swing to get turner and everybody knew that wouldn’t be enough… besides them apparently. now they’re talking about making more trades before the deadline, when we all know it still won’t make a difference. just ask out pussy!
I mean I’d be confused too if this is how Giannis acts to them.
“Oh I don’t want to be traded! Believe me!”
Agent “so these are all the places my client wants to go to”
The team itself is stopping the announcement. They want the best possible trade package so they need giannis to present himself as committed and healthy for at least a couple more weeks. He’s stuck in limbo because he’s already made it obvious.
He spent all those years speaking as if he’s a Bucks lifer. I’m sure he’s just embarrassed to admit that he wants out lol.
This is weak
Giannis is doing his absolute hardest to try to stay likeable. He probably does want to leave, but doesn’t want to admit it. He can’t have his cake and eat it too though, he’s gotta pick one or the other.
He’s still going to be liked though this just makes it worse bc it’s just like bro own up to it. LeBron did and some people loved him some hated him no one is going to be mad at Ginnas but if he keeps doing this then he’s the anger would be validated
Yeah at this point he needs to have had this conversation with the Bucks
Okay real question, can a player publically say that they are looking to be traded? I’ve seen reports from journalists but can he actually say he isn’t happy and wants to be shipped?
No, he’s not allowed to openly request a trade.
So then what is everyone all hot and bothered about. The journalists are giving him questions he can’t answer to the fullest.
He could just say, “I’m focused on the Bucks right now,” without making up stories. He doesn’t want to look like the bad guy
Because he wants out but can’t say it directly. What you said makes it sound like he wants to stay
No, it does not. That’s how most players who are about to be traded respond lol
Shit that’s basically what he’s been saying his whole career and it’s still been a nonstop treadmill of “he gone” rumours since 2019. He could say that again, and it’d sound less bullshit than this, but it wouldn’t help.
Bro it’s Reddit. People will find a way to be hot and bothered about anything on here.
I mean I think it would be different if he just said “I won’t comment” rather that saying “well I haven’t, but my agent may have, I don’t know”
It seems like there is zero way to handle this while staying on good terms with your team, teammates, brother, the fans, the media and his legal obligations with the NBA.
If he wants out he can’t say, if he says no comment or something like this then the media runs with it either way.
Super crazy thought, maybe the bucks are shopping him for something that involves a bunch of draft capital for a good rebuild and he’s deflecting to his agent so that the offers are funneled to his agent who can extract max value.
Agent: I’ll look for a team for you. Don’t tell anything to the press.
Giannis: ok.
Fans: no.
Why is that?
To not tank his value and have teams low ball for a player that already wants out.
Nope, the CBA prohibits players from publicly requesting a trade. The max fine is $150k and was added in the recent CBA. It’s why players usually navigate through their agent and/or feed others “inside sources” to request a trade. With that being said some players, like James Harden, don’t gaf and eat the fine
You said nope, then proceeded to talk about the ruling but nothing to dispute the reason for the rule.
I mean. Do what Fox did. Deny that he wants it. Publicly say he’d prefer to go to Spurs IF traded. Tank value and get what you want.
The nba is the most unserious sports league out there
Have you heard of the College Football Playoff committee? An undefeated team was kicked out of the playoffs
Trust me, there are worse leagues.
The fact a committee is involved in any way is such an issue. Sports are not subjective, and when I hear the term “resume” I shudder
I get there’s 78 billion college teams and they need some way to narrow it down, but having an invitational is not it lol
Gotta be CFB. Lane Kiffin had us talking about hoe semantics for two weeks
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He wants to leave if he can be traded to a competitive team in a city that appeals to him. He is open to it and the bucks FO might be open to it, but if there’s no good deal for both, he will stay put and do his best to rescue the bucks from not making the playoffs.
Not exactly decisive, but it’s relatable and not worth being called an asshole over.
As a bucks fan, I won’t hold anything against him. Never thought I’d see my team get a title.
Can a team take him? His contract is pretty juicy and if they have another star without Bird rights they’d probably hit the second apron. You’d also have to factor in his brother coming along. Unless his brother takes vet min to help avoid the apron any team that takes Giannis has to pray they don’t get any injuries, that bench is going to be very thin.
In season it’s incredibly tricky. No successful team will want to sacrifice any of their good players and giannis won’t want to go to any teams that aren’t already successful.
In the off season, almost successful teams will be more honest about what they’re willing to sacrifice and can better sell giannis on what they’ll be capable of next season with him on board.
An agent works on behalf of their player.
Giannis’ agent wouldn’t be having trade discussions with the Bucks if Giannis wasn’t interested in a potential trade.
Agents will have conversations and explore options as part of their job, then they present the options. It could also be used as pressure to get the FO to get him more help. Kobe famously did the same thing, was ready to go since he felt he wasn’t getting help then was retained last minute with them promising to build him another contender.
We may finally see this man break character at the end of the season when the bucks miss the play-in
He even says in this clip:
“At the end of the day, I don’t work for my agent, my agent works for me.”
So why not just command your agent not to talk to the Bucks about a trade then?
He’s not allowed to openly request a trade. This is him saying it without saying it
LOL I love how afraid he is to admit that he wants a trade
It’s like telling that homie in the game lobby that you gotta find better teammates but it’s hard to break the news to him
I’m so tired of the fake nice gimmick, he wants to have his cake and eat it too
Yeah seems like he doesn’t want to receive the same hate that KD and Lebron did when they left
Giannis cmon man, just be honest with us
Huh. What do people here want from him, if he can’t publicly hint towards wanting to be traded without lessening his trade value?
Just admit it’s time to leave man
We’ve got a rogue agent on our hands!
“IF my agent is talking to the bucks about it, he’s his own person he can have any conversations he wants. But at the end of the day I don’t work for my agent my agent works for me. There’s gonna be conversations between him and the bucks and him and other players and other organizations. But I haven’t had that conversation with the Bucks personally. I’m still locked in. Locked in on my teammates”.
Leaving the parts of his quotes out where he says things like “I’m locked in on my teammates” is the reason this sub has convinced itself Giannis is leaving like 4 off-seasons in a row.
okay well enjoy the play-in i guess? the bucks aren’t gonna push out their best star in 50 years and he won’t outright ask for a trade so this game of chicken is over.
Why are you upset about this lol
Just stay on the bucks then
It’s gonna be so funny when he signs an extension here in October
I genuinely think multiple things are true:
In the end all this leads to is seeming like he gaslighting the fuck out of bucks fans/the league lol
He figured playing deaf, dumb and ignorant works for the US government might as well give it a try.
Your agent represents you. If he’s having those discussions it’s with your approval.
They should leak the inevitable Thanasis trade first just for the lols
This guy is really somethin
This dude is dumb AF. Team did whatever he wanted and he didn’t like it, now he wants to leave and we are going to believe his manager is acting all rogue and not doing what he’s asking.
This Giannis trade talk is boring
This kind of stuff makes him much less likeable
giannis is ruining his image with this fake talk of his agent secretly plotting against him. just admit you want out or say that you definitely are staying on the bucks and refuse to be traded. getting so annoying at this point
It’d be easier to just come out and say “if we don’t field a team makes it past the 1st round, I’ll be asking for a trade”.
Like we genuinely don’t care. Hell, most of us WANT you to go win some more titles. We’ll be sad you couldn’t win more here for a multitude of factors, but go win a couple more rings
I wonder his he truly believes that the agent asking for a trade is different than Giannis making the request personally. It’s Olympic level mental gymnastics.
Crazy to talk for almost 2 minutes and actually not say anything. Love Giannis though, so I don’t care.
Why do these guys pretend like they don’t want to leave
This reminds me of Dwightmare all over again, where the guy clearly wants out but flat out denies it in public.
It’s a free country. My agent can talk to anybody he wants.
He ain’t lying. He’s telling his agent he wants to get traded, who then talks to the Bucks.
Don’t worry, guys. Shams is just lying about the whole thing.
The biggest pussy in the world
Hairs looking crisp tho I know he got a fresh cut and lineup recently.
This shit is so lame, trying to have his cake and eat it too
One of the most relaxed, PR friendly answers of all time and this comment section is full of nothing but torches and pitchforks. What did you want him to say?
Just own up bro, it’s a bad look to keep acting like we all stupid.
Man, Giannis is the weirdest accidental villain I’ve ever seen in the NBA. The amount of damage he’s done to the near-term success of this franchise by continually casually threatening to leave if they don’t make increasingly stupid win-now moves cannot be understated. The cupboard is absolutely barren and he’s still out making his wishy-washy case about staying or leaving. Bro, we know you want to go– and it’s okay. Just man up, say it, and allow things to progress normally so both you and the Bucks can build toward the future. This middle school crap is so wild.
“It’s my agent, not me” is the funniest deflection
Pedantic fuck
Bro, Giannis just rip this band aid off. Everyone knows you’re trying to leave, just do it
Giannis…it’s ok to be honest bro. At this point the fans in MIL just want that from you. They said they wouldn’t blame you for finally asking out and that you brought them a title. Don’t make it like this
Tbh at this point Giannis just stfu, know when to take accountability and be direct. tf is wrong with you? You either want a new place or not, even most bucks fans understand if he’s not happy and want to win he should leave.
His agent isn’t his own person, he is an employee and his employer is Giannis. He needs to stop being a bitch and just own it.
“i dont want out, my agent who decides if i want out wants out”
“I haven’t had those conversations personally. My agent tells them what I say”
Bro literally said “my agent works for me, also if he talks to other teams and my front office, that’s got nothing to do with me” in the same breath
No one gonna comment on the Bucks having gone from champions with the coach of the year, to Kyle Kuzma being their best available player and having Doc rivers as the coach in just 4 years? I truly believe Giannis didn’t want to ever leave the Bucks… but how could you stay with an organization so incompetent?
Pop quiz who does his agent work for again?
Guys who act like their agent is acting alone are just insulting everyone’s intelligence