Giannis Antetokounmpo has become a giant starting gun. He is a top-four player in the world, and he’s embraced the Bucks for 12 marvellous years now, but his time there is ending. ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that Antetokounmpo is open to leaving Milwaukee, now that the Bucks have reached a painful, inescapable cul-de-sac. Time to move on.
So of course the Toronto Raptors should chase him, right? After all, Giannis was always team president Masai Ujiri’s favourite target in the star-hunting realm for years; the two men have a relationship that stretches back over a decade, and there is trust there. And while everyone is talking about what the Bucks could get for Antetokounmpo, if he leaves, Antetokounmpo will decide where he wants to go.
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