Giannis Antetokounmpo\u2019s time with Bucks may soon be coming to an end.<\/p>\n
Antetokounmpo is \u201cready and prepared\u201d to be traded by the Bucks<\/a> either ahead of the NBA\u2019s Feb. 5 trade deadline or in the offseason, ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania reported Wednesday to stoke the already flickering trade rumor flames.<\/p>\n Of course, the reality that Antetokounmpo could soon be playing elsewhere has been brewing for some time<\/a>. Reports about possible deals intensified this past summer when the Bucks and Knicks had brief discussions about trading for Antetokounmpo<\/a>, who has made it clear he wants to contend for a second NBA title.<\/p>\n The Bucks tried in recent years to build around Antetokounmpo, and were even able to pair him with Damian Lillard ahead of the 2023-24 season. Then, Lillard tore his Achilles tendon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Giannis Antetokounmpo\u2019s time with Bucks may soon be coming to an end. Antetokounmpo is \u201cready and prepared\u201d to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[7,4517,103,123,563,2715,102,121,3871,6,2828,191,3823,66,196],"class_list":["post-568603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-milwaukee-bucks","tag-basketball","tag-beyond-the-back-page","tag-bucks","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-karl-anthony-towns","tag-miles-mcbride","tag-milwaukee","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-milwaukeebucks","tag-nba","tag-nba-trade-deadline","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-post-sports-newsletters","tag-sports","tag-sports-plus"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115978773818434681","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568603","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=568603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}