Giannis Antetokounmpo Expected To Decline Long-Term Commitment To Bucks

The Miami Heat, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves and Cleveland Cavaliers are among the teams expected to pursue him. Any conversation that the Bucks are going to have with Giannis Antetokounmpo, from my understanding, is going to be a very simple one: 'Do you want to stay here long-term and commit long-term in June?' Charania said on the Pat McAfee Show on Monday. The answer, from all accounts, is going to be 'no.' And at that point, the question is going to be: where does Giannis want to go? Where does he want to play for and commit long-term? Because he's got just one guaranteed year left on his deal. You guys know this; especially in the NBA, that gives a player of this caliber a ton of leverage-a ton of sway on where he ends up. Milwaukee has not formally ruled out retaining Antetokounmpo and plans to consult him directly. The conversations are expected to unfold over the next several weeks. General manager Jon Horst spent the past decade building around Antetokounmpo, trading for Jrue Holiday and Damian Lillard before executing the largest stretch-and-waive in NBA history on Lillard's 113 million contract. Milwaukee then committed 108 million to Myles Turner. They did that all to try to win around Giannis. The reality has been setting in, though, for the Bucks, Charania said. We'll see over the next six weeks. A resolution is expected by the NBA draft on June 23rd. Antetokounmpo can sign a four-year, 275 million extension in October that he would surely need to commit to in June in order to remain with the Bucks.