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Source: Knicks Got Intel Giannis Antetokounmpo Won’t Request Trade From Bucks Before Signing Mikal Bridges To Extension

Originally posted on Hoops Wire | By Ashish Mathur | Last updated Jul 31, 2025 8:42 PM ET

The New York Knicks got intel that Giannis Antetokounmpo won’t request a trade from the Milwaukee Bucks before signing Mikal Bridges to an extension, an NBA source told Hoops Wire on Thursday.

The Knicks are signing Bridges to a four-year, $150 million contract extension, according to NBA insider Shams Charania of ESPN.

Mikal Bridges’ new deal includes a player option for the 2029-30 season. The small forward, who has a trade kicker now, is ineligible to be traded for six months.

The Knicks would have pursued Giannis Antetokounmpo had the two-time MVP requested a trade from the Bucks. All signs point toward Antetokounmpo remaining in Milwaukee.

The Bucks reached the mountain top in 2021, winning the championship against the Phoenix Suns in six games. However, the franchise has won just one postseason series since then.

After the Bucks lost to the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2025 playoffs in five games, Charania reported Antetokounmpo was open-minded about leaving Milwaukee for the first time in his career.

Since then, the Bucks have waived and stretched Damian Lillard, signed Myles Turner and Gary Harris, re-signed Bobby Portis, Kevin Porter Jr., Gary Trent Jr., Taurean Prince and Jericho Sims and traded Pat Connaughton to the Charlotte Hornets.

“We have no indication that anything is really changing as far as our relationship with the player we think is the best in the world,” a Bucks front office executive told Keith Smith of Spotrac. “We rebuilt on the fly, in a really challenging situation, but we think we did it as well as it could be done.”

Antetokounmpo has spent his entire career with the Bucks. He was the 15th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft.

One of the greatest players in NBA history, Antetokounmpo will make $54.1 million next season. The Bucks signed the future Hall of Famer to a three-year, $175 million extension in October 2023.

Antetokounmpo is a two-time MVP, a one-time Finals MVP, a one-time Defensive Player of the Year and a nine-time All-Star. He has career averages of 23.9 points, 9.9 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.2 blocks.