{"id":732145,"date":"2026-05-12T05:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T05:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/732145\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T05:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T05:54:18","slug":"shams-charania-giannis-antetokounmpo-is-expected-to-tell-the-bucks-no-when-asked-to-commit-long-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/732145\/","title":{"rendered":"Shams Charania: Giannis Antetokounmpo is expected to tell the Bucks &#8216;no&#8217; when asked to commit long-term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Antetokounmpo has one guaranteed year remaining on his contract, giving him considerable leverage over his next destination. The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/miami-heat\/14\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Miami Heat;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Miami Heat&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Miami Heat<\/a>, Golden State Warriors, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-lakers\/13\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Lakers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Los Angeles Lakers&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/minnesota-timberwolves\/16\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Minnesota Timberwolves;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Minnesota Timberwolves&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> and Cleveland Cavaliers are among the teams expected to pursue him. <a href=\"https:\/\/basketball.realgm.com\/wiretap\/285581\/Giannis-Antetokounmpo-Expected-To-Decline-Long-Term-Commitment-To-Bucks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&quot;Any conversation that the Bucks are going to have with Giannis Antetokounmpo, from my understanding, is going to be a very simple one: &#039;Do you want to stay here long-term and commit long-term in June?&#039;&quot; Charania said on the Pat McAfee Show on Monday. &quot;The answer, from all accounts, is going to be &#039;no.&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;&amp;quot&quot;}\" class=\"link \">&#8220;Any conversation that the Bucks are going to have with Giannis Antetokounmpo, from my understanding, is going to be a very simple one: &#8216;Do you want to stay here long-term and commit long-term in June?'&#8221; Charania said on the Pat McAfee Show on Monday. &#8220;The answer, from all accounts, is going to be &#8216;no.&#8217;<\/a> And at that point, the question is going to be: where does Giannis want to go? Where does he want to play for and commit long-term? Because he&#8217;s got just one guaranteed year left on his deal. You guys know this; especially in the NBA, that gives a player of this caliber a ton of leverage\u2014a ton of sway on where he ends up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/basketball.realgm.com\/wiretap\/285581\/Giannis-Antetokounmpo-Expected-To-Decline-Long-Term-Commitment-To-Bucks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:RealGM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;RealGM&quot;}\" class=\"link \">RealGM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Antetokounmpo has one guaranteed year remaining on his contract, giving him considerable leverage over his next destination. 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