The Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors started to surface again after a report revealed that the New York Knicks and Milwaukee Bucks were in trade talks over the offseason.
Like every year, the offseason was full of rumors linking Giannis Antetokounmpo to a move away from Milwaukee. But in 2025, these were stronger, owing to a third consecutive first-round exit in the playoffs for the Bucks.
The Milwaukee Bucks are preparing for the 2025-26 NBA season in hopes that this will be the year that they finally make it out of the first round of the NBA Playoffs and contend for another title.
Giannis Antetokounmpo wants to compete for an NBA Championship for the second time in his career. The former MVP has spent his entire career with the Milwaukee Bucks, but his chances of playing out his entire career with the team that drafted him are diminishing as the early postseason exits rack up.
Hakeem The Dream, Clyde The Glide, Magic: The NBA has produced some incredible nicknames over the decades. Some, like Magic and Penny, have even come to largely replace the player's actual name.
Alex Antetokounmpo signed a two-way deal with the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday. Alex, 24, is the younger brother of Giannis and Thanasis. Alex’s signing with the Bucks was a historic event in NBA History, which could mean a great deal to some historian out there somewhere.
The Milwaukee Bucks have waived guards Jamaree Bouyea and Cormac Ryan, the team announced Monday afternoon. Ryan’s dismissal was a forgone conclusion. Probably, the Bucks invited him to training camp as a reward for a solid Summer League showing and an opportunity to audition for an NBA roster spot elsewhere.
The Milwaukee Bucks have agreed to a two-way deal with Alex Antetokounmpo, Octagon managing director Alex Saratsis told ESPN’s Shams Charania. The youngest of the Antetokounmpo brothers will reunite with his older siblings, Giannis and Thanasis, in Milwaukee.
If Giannis Antetokounmpo is ever traded, it probably won’t be midseason. It’d be next summer. That’s the sense from longtime insider The Stein Line’s Marc Stein, who wrote that talk around Milwaukee suggests any potential Giannis deal would happen — if at all — once the 2025-26 season ends.