Giannis Antetokounmpo is a generational talent rumored to want out of Milwaukee. He’s the best power forward in the team’s history and won a NBA championship here.
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What are we supposed to think about the Giannis Antetokounmpo saga?
Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is exploring his options; so what does that mean? Jim Owczarski discusses.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is a generational talent who wants out of Milwaukee. He’s the best power forward in the team’s history and won a NBA championship here mostly because of his talent. However, since the team’s inception, the Bucks have been forced to trade players in or close to their prime.
The results are mixed. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar netted next to nothing in return. Let’s hope that we do better than Elmore Smith, Junior Bridgeman, David Meyers and Brian Winters. By the way that may have been the worst trade in NBA history. Marques Johnson was the next big name player granted a trade request out of Milwaukee. This trade was noticeably better netting Terry Cummings, Ricky Pierce and Craig Hodges.
My favorite player in team history was Ray Allen. He, too, was traded for a 34-year-old Gary Payton and Desmond Mason. My point is if you made an all time Bucks team, most of that team either requested to be traded or were simply traded — Kareem, Giannis, Allen and Johnson all fit that mold. I’d place Sidney Moncrief as the other guard on this team. He was drafted by the Bucks and retired with them after ten years. But even Sidney retired for a year and then left to play for Atlanta. Nobody is perfect.
August Brill, Chicago
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