{"id":605817,"date":"2026-02-16T06:10:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T06:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/605817\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T06:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T06:10:27","slug":"giannis-antetokounmpo-pledges-commitment-to-bucks-as-of-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/605817\/","title":{"rendered":"Giannis Antetokounmpo pledges commitment to Bucks \u2014 \u2018as of today\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NBA trade deadline came and went, with Giannis Antetokounmpo still a member of the Bucks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two-time league MVP is in Los Angeles for All-Star weekend, albeit not playing in the first-time \u201cUSA vs. the World\u201d format on Sunday due to the right calf injury<\/a> that has sidelined him since Jan. 23.<\/p>\n

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In an interview with ESPN ahead of the All-Star showcase, the 31-year-old Antetokounmpo restated his commitment to Milwaukee for the rest of this season with an eye on adding another championship to the one he won in 2021.<\/p>\n

\"Giannis<\/p>\n

Giannis Antetokounmp is pictured during the Bucks\u2019 Jan. 11 game. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cAs of today, I\u2019m committed to the Milwaukee Bucks,\u201d Antetokounmpo said in a sitdown with ESPN\u2019s Malika Andrews. \u201cI\u2019m committed to the people that I work with, my teammates, the coaching staff, coach Doc [Rivers] and [GM] Jon [Horst] in the front office.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019ve said from the beginning of this year is that, out of my mouth and the way I\u2019ve carried myself, you will never hear me say I don\u2019t want to be a Milwaukee Buck.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Of course, multiple reports suggested otherwise before the Feb. 5 trade deadline, with ESPN insider\u00a0Shams Charania reporting that the nine-time All-Star has been preparing to leave Milwaukee \u201cfor months,\u201d either before the deadline or in the offseason.<\/p>\n

\u201cLegends don\u2019t chase. They attract,\u201d Antetokounmpo wrote in a social media post<\/a> following the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

\"Giannis<\/p>\n

Giannis Antetokounmpo looks to pass the ball during the Bucks\u2019 Jan. 11 game. AP<\/p>\n

The Bucks entered the break with a disappointing record of 23-30 and in 12th place in the East \u2014 but just 1.5 games behind the Hawks for the final spot in the 7-10 play-in tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing up, you dream, \u2018Oh, what if I played for the Knicks, Madison Square Garden? What if I get drafted by the Lakers and I\u2019m teammates with Kobe [Bryant]? What if I go play for the Cavs and LeBron [James] passes me the ball?’\u201d Antetokounmpo said\u00a0during the ESPN interview. \u201cBut this is my team, and I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NBA trade deadline came and went, with Giannis Antetokounmpo still a member of the Bucks. The two-time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[7,103,136,130,71576,123,677,304,2772,516,251,102,121,3871,6,2828,361,2152],"class_list":{"0":"post-605817","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-cavs","11":"tag-espn","12":"tag-giannis-antetokounmp","13":"tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","14":"tag-hawks","15":"tag-knicks","16":"tag-kobe","17":"tag-lebron","18":"tag-los-angeles","19":"tag-milwaukee","20":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","21":"tag-milwaukeebucks","22":"tag-nba","23":"tag-nba-trade-deadline","24":"tag-the-bucks","25":"tag-the-lakers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116078827496266651","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605817","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=605817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}