{"id":62145,"date":"2025-05-19T11:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/62145\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T11:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:19:11","slug":"giannis-antetokounmpos-surprising-choice-among-nfl-teams-fuels-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/62145\/","title":{"rendered":"Giannis Antetokounmpo’s surprising choice among NFL teams fuels trade rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GiannisGiannis Antetokounmpo’s surprising choice among NFL teams fuels trade rumors (Image Credit: Getty Images) A fan asked Giannis Antetokounmpo about his favorite NFL team, as he has stayed in the US long enough to develop a liking for the NFL camps. Adding to his list of favorites, which previously included the Green Bay Packers, he showed interest in the Dallas Cowboys, which further fueled speculations of his moving to the Dallas Mavericks. Fans found the choices confusing and had mixed reactions to his contrasting picks. <\/p>\n

Giannis Antetokounmpo surprised everyone by picking Dallas Cowboys as his favorite NFL team<\/p>\n

Is it a genuine liking for that particular team, or Giannis Antetokounmpo showing his growing loyalty towards everything Dallas? Giannis was asked by a fan about his favorite team in the NFL. He quickly responded to the question, saying:\u201cPackers and Dallas cowboys\u201dWith several years spent in the US, becoming an NFL team fan is understandable, and his love for the Green Bay Packers is not unknown. During an offseason, a few seasons ago, he expressed the desire to join the Packers at the quarterback position. Hence, it was his picking the Dallas Cowboys as his favorite team that made fans sit up and notice.While the speculations are rife that Giannis has been on the radar of the Dallas Mavericks for quite some time now, his picking Dallas as his newfound love among NFL teams has added fuel to the already burning topic. Giannis\u2019 meeting with the Milwaukee Bucks leader is slated for next week, and all eyes are on that meeting, where the future direction of the team and his moving away or staying back are most likely to be discussed. Amidst all these speculations, Giannis\u2019 growing love for Dallas has caught everyone\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n

Fans find Giannis Antetokounmpo\u2019s NFL team choices quite confusing<\/p>\n

As soon as Giannis posted the reply, fans\u2019 reactions erupted. Some found his picks quite confusing, while others went on to wish him luck and show solidarity, even if he chose to part ways with the Bucks.One fan pointed out, \u201cThat\u2019s an odd pairing since the two fan bases are rivals.\u201dAnother fan asked, \u201cDallas you say?\u201dOne fan trolled him saying, \u201cPR team told you to say dallas i\u2019m crying\u201dA weekend TV sports anchor tagged him while asking, \u201cdo you wanna play with Cooper Flagg, AD, and Kyrie?\u201dSome fans liked Giannis\u2019 choice and hailed him for being a Dallas fan.A fan expressed appreciation saying, \u201cAmazing!!! Obviously I\u2019m ride or die Cowboys, but once Cowboys are eliminated (sadly this happens too often), I do like the packers\u201dAnother fan praised, saying, \u201cOHHHH THE COWBOYS LFGGG GIANNIS I KNEW I LOVED YOU\u201dAlso Read: Giannis Antetokounmpo prepares for \u2018very crucial\u2019 sit-down that could alter his career <\/a>The Milwaukee Bucks\u2019 declining form, Mavericks\u2019 possibility to trade Cooper Flagg to the Bucks and Giannis displaying love for Dallas are collectively fueling the trade rumors and have the fans guessing what to expect next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Giannis Antetokounmpo’s surprising choice among NFL teams fuels trade rumors (Image Credit: Getty Images) A fan asked Giannis…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[257,15475,7,19949,41,345,2514,2513,19948,6,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-62145","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-bay-packers","8":"tag-dallas-cowboys","9":"tag-dallas-mavericks","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","12":"tag-green-bay","13":"tag-green-bay-packers","14":"tag-greenbay","15":"tag-greenbaypackers","16":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-packers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114534230581645811","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}