{"id":607771,"date":"2026-02-17T08:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/607771\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T08:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:26:24","slug":"giannis-antetokounmpo-talks-bucks-commitment-chelsea-investment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/607771\/","title":{"rendered":"Giannis Antetokounmpo Talks Bucks Commitment, Chelsea Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAs of today, I\u2019m committed to the Milwaukee Bucks,\u201d Antetokounmpo said, in a statement that echoed previous ones<\/a> he has made throughout the year.<\/p>\n

He also openly discussed the appeal other teams hold, at least as far as wish fulfillment goes.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing up, you dream, \u2018Oh, what if I played for the\u00a0Knicks, Madison Square Garden,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat 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?\u2018\u201d<\/p>\n

While Antetokounmpo made clear that getting back to competing for championships is paramount \u2014 he likened it to trying a delicious steak and not being able to get it out of your head \u2014 he doubled down on his commitment to the Bucks, at least for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my team, and I love it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Antetokounmpo also spoke to Eric Nehm of The Athletic<\/a> about his recent investment in the Chelsea Women\u2019s soccer club.<\/p>\n

On February 7, Antetokounmpo announced (via Twitter<\/a>) that he had joined the ownership group for the club alongside Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.<\/p>\n

\u201cChelsea\u2019s history speaks for itself, and I\u2019m excited to contribute to the future by supporting continued growth and impact in women\u2019s sport,\u201d he wrote in the post. \u201cThis is about ambition, legacy, and pushing the game to new heights.\u201d<\/p>\n

Talking to Nehm, Antetokounmpo revealed how appealing the idea of doing something to amplify women\u2019s sport was to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was telling me how he wants to make a difference and do things that his daughters can remember him for, and I was like, \u2018Damn, I didn\u2019t even think about that,’\u201d Antetokounmpo said. \u201c\u2026 [Ohanian] was like\u2026 \u2018I\u2019m trying to keep on pushing forward and investing in women\u2019s sports and just change the narrative around that\u2019. And I said, \u2018Hey, I mean, just let me know when and what I gotta do\u2019, and then the opportunity came to my desk of investing and being a minority owner of Chelsea Women. I was like, \u2018Say less. I want to do it.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Nehm writes that it\u2019s unclear the size of the stake the Greek star has in the club.<\/p>\n

He adds that while most seasons in which Antetokounmpo would be facing playoff games until the late spring or early summer, with the Bucks on the outside of the playoff picture, this could be an opportunity for the new minority owner to get some facetime with the team, an idea Antetokounmpo agreed with.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is probably the only off-season that I\u2019m going to have that I\u2019ll be able to probably go out there and be around the team, meet the players, meet the staff and see what it\u2019s about,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAs of today, I\u2019m committed to the Milwaukee Bucks,\u201d Antetokounmpo said, in a statement that echoed previous ones…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[7,103,102,121,3871,6],"class_list":["post-607771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-milwaukee-bucks","tag-basketball","tag-bucks","tag-milwaukee","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-milwaukeebucks","tag-nba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116085023313281203","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607771","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=607771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}