BREAKING: San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama has signed a five-year, $252 million maximum rookie-scale contract extension, with a player option in the fifth season, sources tell ESPN.
On paper, the Bucks are not supposed to be good next season. New coach, new system, and a jumbled group of young talent that calls for a true ‘rebuild year’ after trading the best player in franchise history.
And yet, I really am excited. This team can surprise a lot of people.
Jon Horst couldn’t have done a better job rebuilding this team after the Giannis trade, and the offseason isn’t even over yet. The Bucks are young, athletic, loaded with upside, and finally building up their draft capital again. The future in Milwaukee looks incredibly bright.
Bucks GM Jon Horst and the front office have done an outstanding job rebuilding the roster to kickstart the post-Giannis era.
Milwaukee is currently projected to have 7 players under the age of 25, as well as significant cap space next summer with over $80M in expiring salary.
Giannis Antetokounmpo's all-time rankings with the Bucks:
1st in points
1st in rebounds
1st in assists
1st in blocks
2nd in steals
1st in field goals
1st in free throws
1st in 40+ point games
2nd in 50+ point games
1st in 60+ point games
1st in playoff points
1st in playoff rebounds
1st in playoff assists
1st in playoff field goals
1st in games
1st in seasons
There will never be another player like No. 34 in Milwaukee Bucks franchise history.
Giannis: “[leaving Milwaukee] it’s a risk”
Paschke: “You could always come home”
Giannis: “That would be awesome… if I can go and play, and maybe come back”
You came to Milwaukee 13 years ago as a kid from Sepolia with an impossible dream. Over the past 13 years we have witnessed you grow into one of the greatest players the game has ever seen, the greatest Buck of all time, and the driving force behind an era of Bucks basketball that will be remembered forever.
From the moment you arrived, you embraced Milwaukee as your home. You embraced the team, the community, and everyone who believed in you. Your connection with Bucks fans transcended basketball. You didn’t just play basketball in Milwaukee, you became the heart and soul of this city. You touched lives throughout our community and inspired people across the world. You believed in this city and its fans when the rest of the world doubted.
After 50 years, you delivered a championship to Milwaukee. A dream come true for generations of Bucks fans who never stopped believing. You gave Milwaukee hope. You taught us that loyalty still matters. That hard work can overcome impossible odds, and that a small-market city could still be on top all because you refused to stop believing. For one night, Milwaukee wasn’t just watching history, we were living it together.
Your legacy in Milwaukee is secured and will always be felt here. In the rafters, throughout the community, in the countless people you inspired, and the way you made an entire city believe that anything was possible.
Thank you for believing in Milwaukee and giving everything you had to this city day in and day out. You transformed the Bucks in every way, and left your mark on this organization for generations to come. You’ll always be family. You’ll always be Milwaukee’s champion. Forever a part of this city. Forever a Buck. Thank you for everything, Giannis.