{"id":566734,"date":"2026-01-28T17:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/566734\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T17:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:56:15","slug":"giannis-antetokounmpo-ready-for-bucks-trade-as-aggressive-offers-come-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/566734\/","title":{"rendered":"Giannis Antetokounmpo ready for Bucks trade as aggressive offers come in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo wants a trade out of Milwaukee as soon as the NBA trade deadline on Feb. 5, <a href=\"https:\/\/africa.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/47755088\/sources-giannis-antetokounmpo-ready-bucks-trade-amid-offers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to ESPN.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Several rival teams reportedly made aggressive offers to the Bucks for the former two-time NBA MVP, and are sensing that Milwaukee is \u201cmore open than ever\u201d ready to deal Antetokounmpo between now and the NBA trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Bucks indicated to interested teams that the organization is not in a rush to move their franchise player \u2014 and are open to an offseason deal if they don\u2019t get young talent at a good price and\/or a surplus of draft picks in return, according to ESPN.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38312735\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/milwaukee-bucks-forward-giannis-antetokounmpo-119567841.jpg\" alt=\"Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) looks on during the second quarter against the Denver Nuggets at Fiserv Forum on January 23, 2026. \" class=\"wp-image-38312735\"  \/>Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) looks on during the second quarter against the Denver Nuggets at Fiserv Forum on January 23, 2026.  Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks were considered Antetokounmpo\u2019s preferred destination when trade reports surfaced in the offseason. <\/p>\n<p>Antetokounmpo will miss the next several weeks after sustaining a right calf strain in Friday\u2019s home loss to the Denver Nuggets. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Antetokounmpo was non-committal when asked if he is confident he\u2019ll remain with the Bucks for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d he said repeatedly. \u201cI take it day by day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Antetokounmpo, 31, will become eligible to sign a four-year, $275 million supermax extension on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucks are currently 18-27 and 12th in the Eastern Conference. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo wants a trade out of Milwaukee as soon as the NBA trade deadline&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3775],"tags":[7,103,123,102,121,3871,6,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-566734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-milwaukee-bucks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bucks","10":"tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","11":"tag-milwaukee","12":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","13":"tag-milwaukeebucks","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115974019396395210","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566734","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=566734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}