{"id":29007,"date":"2025-05-13T04:58:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T04:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/29007\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T04:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T04:58:19","slug":"dwight-howard-sends-message-to-giannis-antetokounmpo-over-milwaukee-bucks-future-makes-orlando-magic-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/29007\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwight Howard sends message to Giannis Antetokounmpo over Milwaukee Bucks future, makes Orlando Magic point"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Giannis Antetokounmpo has a decision to make with the Milwaukee Bucks and Dwight Howard knows what he should do.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/im-tired-trading-giannis-antetokounmpo-is-best-for-doc-rivers-claims-austin-rivers-recommends-rockets-haul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Giannis Antetokounmpo\u2019s future in Milwaukee<\/a> has generated a lot of chatter all season long, and the Bucks eventual five-game collapse in this year\u2019s postseason against the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/indiana-pacers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Indiana Pacers<\/a> has made it a matter of urgency.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucks have insufficient flexibility to strengthen in the wake of Damian Lillard\u2019s injury, and are not expected to be a contender in 2025-26. Amid a clearly stated desire from Giannis Antetokounmpo to win another title, the obvious choice is to move on.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"941\" height=\"627\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2177895041-941x627.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Stacy Revere\/Getty Images\" class=\"wp-image-152519\" \/>Photo by Stacy Revere\/Getty ImagesDwight Howard warns Giannis Antetokounmpo about leaving Milwaukee<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/45109801\/sources-giannis-antetokounmpo-explore-best-fits-milwaukee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania<\/a> has reported the Bucks sensation has expressed openness to explore a potential fit with other teams.<\/p>\n<p>While the Greek star has consistently insisted <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/giannis-antetokounmpo-goes-on-frustrated-rant-about-legacy-casts-doubt-over-bucks-future-with-i-really-want-to-win-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">his loyalty resides in Milwaukee<\/a>, this new development is the very first time that Antetokounmpo showed interest outside the Bucks.<\/p>\n<p>Former NBA superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/dwight-howard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Dwight Howard<\/a> has offered his thoughts about the superstar\u2019s dilemma.<\/p>\n<p>Referencing his own past situation, he wrote on X: \u201cDon\u2019t leave Giannis coming from someone who been there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t leave Giannis coming from someone who been there<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DwightHoward\/status\/1921912567338815959?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 12, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> Dwight Howard regretted leaving Orlando<\/p>\n<p>By acknowledging his run with the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/orlando-magic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Orlando Magic<\/a>, it was indeed an intriguing reminder coming from Dwight Howard.<\/p>\n<p>After being drafted by the franchise as their top overall pick in 2004, Howard embraced being the centerpiece of the Magic. He went on to lead Orlando to contention, defeating the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals in 2009, ending many fans hope of a dream NBA Finals appearance between <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/dwight-howards-emotional-hall-of-fame-message-moves-orlando-magic-fans-we-love-you-forever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LeBron James and Kobe Bryant led teams<\/a>. The Lakers defeated the Magic in five.<\/p>\n<p>Howard achieved fame and superstar distinction wearing a Magic uniform, but he forced his way out of Orlando to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/los-angeles-lakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LA Lakers<\/a> via trade in 2012. Since then, Howard\u2019s career turned upside down and he was not able to live up to expectations.<\/p>\n<p>In his Hall of Fame induction for the Magic, Howard openly <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/dwight-howards-emotional-hall-of-fame-message-moves-orlando-magic-fans-we-love-you-forever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">expressed regrets about his messy Orlando departure<\/a>. And out of this experience, his advice is something for Antetokounmpo to consider.<\/p>\n<p>The road ahead is undoubtedly challenging, but Antetokounmpo has a decision to make. Regardless of his decision, he will always remain the greatest Buck in NBA history <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/every-nba-champion-since-1947-and-the-teams-with-the-most-titles-in-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">who led the franchise to its second championship in 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Giannis Antetokounmpo has a decision to make with the Milwaukee Bucks and Dwight Howard knows what he should&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3779],"tags":[7,1676,123,48,121,6,47,76,3883],"class_list":{"0":"post-29007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando-magic","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-dwight-howard","10":"tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","11":"tag-magic","12":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-orlando","15":"tag-orlando-magic","16":"tag-orlandomagic"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114498758694491735","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}