Insider provides bleak outlook on Giannis’ future with Bucks

Giannis Antetokounmpo has made it extraordinarily well-known that he’s all-in on a championship and must know his group is in the identical state of mind. 

Throughout an interview with The New York Times revealed in August, the Milwaukee Bucks star was blunt when addressing a possible contract extension to stay with the group, stating that if he doesn’t really feel that everyone is on the “similar web page” in going for a title that he’s “not signing.”

That was simply the primary of some remarks Antetokounmpo made just lately that solid some degree of doubt over his future with the Bucks. However throughout a latest spot on the “Behind the Play” podcast, ESPN insider Brian Windhorst reaffirmed one thing he believes the Bucks are effectively conscious of in the truth that their star ahead is “50-50 at greatest” to signal an extension, per HoopsHype.

“I might say proper now it’s 50/50 at greatest and I don’t suppose that’s new data, I believe the Bucks knew that already,” Windhorst mentioned. “They knew that even earlier than they received knocked out of the playoffs final yr.”

Antetokounmpo, who was the No. 15 choose within the 2013 NBA Draft, has emerged as one of many elite gamers within the NBA, coming off a 2022-23 marketing campaign wherein he averaged 31.1 factors, 11.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists whereas taking pictures 55.3 % from the sector. 

In 2021, he led the Bucks to their first championship since 1971 and was named Finals MVP. Antetokounmpo gained consecutive NBA Most Worthwhile Participant Awards. as effectively in 2019 and 2020.