Just hilarious at this point because he could just formally request a trade and be done with it. Him wanting to play does nothing but harm the potential future of the team whether he’s on it or not

And y’all were calling Shams a liar this entire time

But imagine if even this doesn’t end it. The vibes next year will be incredible.

I don’t get what he’s been doing. Just ask for a trade publicly.

You guys have to be so sick of this entire thing

Giannis on his “Kawhi fucking over Spurs and Raptors fans” phase of his career.

I used to think LeBron’s breakup with the Cavs and PG’s exit drama with the Pacers were the worst things that could happen between a player and their team, but this is a whole other level.

The price of winning a championship, is high sometimes

“Kalshi needed this… sorry it’s out of my hands.” - Giannis

You don’t even know the kicker, he’s gonna sign an expensive ass extension in the offseason lol

I mean ..it feels like the team promised to move him on the future of he ever wanted to ..and now they don’t move him or are wanting a super ransom back 

Instead of taking a normal package

I think you guys won that ring by wishing on a monkey’s paw. I don’t understand any other way the the last 5 years make any sense.

I am once again asking MY milwaukee bucks to trade Gianni’s for podz and porzingis and no picks

This is some pre-merger drama and I’m here for it. He’s a professional basketball player that wants to play basketball and the team with his contract doesn’t want him playing basketball.

He’s looking for his 13th reason why

He’s literally already asked out, multiple teams made offers and Bucks said we don’t like those offers

You do realize in the NBA it’s literally illegal to “request a trade”, what you do is basically what Giannis has been doing

You don’t think he genuinely wants to play? And it wasn’t the final 4 it’s been a while that he wanted to play. Love how fans complain when stars sit out and now they complain when they want to play lol.

That’s not necessarily it. Bobby Portis recently said in an interview paraphrased: “There is no reason for Giannis to be playing rignt now, especially if he wants to be traded in the offseason” that could’ve very well been enough for a red flag to the league that he could be playing just fine right now and him or the team are simply choosing not to play him. Could totally be Giannis taking it out on the Bucks for not trading him at the deadline and then still going against his wishes to play but I don’t think it’s 100%.

Edit: Looks like Giannis has rolled over on the Bucks regardless of why the investigation started

He wants his excuses ready to come join & play with Luka in LA

It’s hilarious and helps him keep his “give it all nice guy” image if anyone still falls for it

Just ask out bro… he’s more than earned the right to leave

Dunno why he’s always edging us

Are we gonna act like he hasnt been asking to play before today?

Wild we are watching the Giannis Heel Turn unfold as we speak

The Giannis trade is too complex and too high stakes to be done in-season.

It isn’t childish to say you want to play when your team is benching you. Contracts go both ways.

Should have asked for a trade before the deadline,

He did tho. His camp has been leaking that he wants out for 2 seasons now, it’s just that the Bucks consistently believe they can make a move to make him happy staying and things are starting to wear out.

This has nothing to do with Tanking, it has to do with preserving his trade value.

Basically. From our point of view we are being more cautious sitting him as he’s only played 36 games this year.

This feels insanely performative to me because we all know if we were the 4 seed or something he’d gladly sit and give his body an extra 1 ¹⁄₂ weeks of rest before the playoffs. There’s literally no reason for him or us to want this yet he’s pushing for it so hard.

In his mind if he thinks this is his last chance to play in front of the fans before a trade than sure I respect that but then just tell them you want to play the last home game or something.

Also, Giannis literally got injured. Anyone who watched the games saw that. And he’s had multiple leg injuries this year. It’s not like the bucks are making stuff up

It’s a mix of tanking and preserving Giannis’s trade value. The league is also looking at ways to clamp down on tanking, so they might make an example out of the Bucks.

Maybe he just wants to leave and has has been acting like he hasn’t this entire time

Only if the investigation uncovers any actual wrongdoing which it won’t 

Honestly, Giannis doing something similar to what PG or AD did may be better long-term for both parties. If you don’t remember, PG and AD refused to sign an extension and essentially told their teams that season would be their last, and demanded a trade. Fans were livid and still hate them, but since Giannis won a ring for the Bucks, the fallout would be much less severe.

“Don’t trade him now, you’ll get more in the summer” 😳

I’m waiting for him to put on a “that’s all folks” t-shirt.

They literally did, that’s why they got “season ending surgeries”

they already fined us. at least the nba is finally trying to pretend to be consistent and looking at one of the other dozen teams doing the same thing.

The league is desperate to clamp down on tanking, so it might be looking to make an example out of the Bucks. It’s stupid because there are teams that are tanking much more blatantly than the Bucks.

The league is run by gambling companies

The player participation policy applies to both cases; the league wants stars to play when they’re able, so it doesn’t matter if the teams motivation for holding a player out is tanking or trade value manipulation, the crime is the same in the leagues eyes.

Before Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers do lmao.

So far, in order to not be seen like the bad guy by asking for a trade, Giannis decided to entertain all this trade bullshit for a while, just constantly being like I love it here but…., I don’t want to leave here ever but…., pissed Bucks fans off, also kind of cost Bucks whatever value they could have gotten for him as his trade value goes down more and more, made a deal with Kalshi at a weird time as all this is going on, now he is calling the cops on his team so the NBA can punish them, as he is not playing because they have literally no reason to play him at all.

Actually are we sure Giannis even cares about what fans think lol

The league is mad that the Bucks didnt trade him before now.

Because as an organization you should at least look into why your franchise player is saying hes healthy but the bucks are saying hes not.

Kawhi and Aspiration vs Giannis and Kal$hi at Wrestlemania 42

He simply cannot help it

We aren’t in the wrong. He is literally injured. Multiple leg injuries this season and he recently hyperextended his knee.

Yes, you’re dumb to think that Giannis thinks about you and factors fans into his personal decisions.

Naw man. I’m here for the drama.

It’s really just this sub lmao (although giannis clearly bringing it up all the time doesnt help)

Pls Don’t

We aren’t tanking, we just don’t want our only trade asset who’s coming off 3 lower leg injuries in this season alone and has played less than half the games to rush back to play and reinjure himself for the 3rd time when there’s only two weeks left to play.

Screw that I would rather let him walk than take back the Knicks 💩