Antetokounmpo believes signing extension now should help the Bucks avoid distractions

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MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo wanted to make sure his contract status didn't distract the Milwaukee Bucks as they made a run at another championship. That's one reason the two-time MVP changed his mind and signed a three-year, $186 million extension rather than waiting until next summer to make his future plans known.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo talks about his contract extension, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023 at the NBA basketball team’s training facility in Milwaukee. Antetokounmpo signed a three-year, $186 million extension with the team.

Antetokounmpo, 28, explained his decision Tuesday, one day after announcing on social media he had agreed to the extension. “It was very helpful,” Antetokounmpo recalled. “I didn’t have to think about it. And I don’t think it’s just helpful to me, it’s helpful to the team too. They don’t want to hear about, ‘Oh, Giannis is leaving. Giannis is staying’ the whole year.”“I want to be here, right?” Antetokounmpo said. “There’s no secret in that. Everybody knows that. It feels good. Like I stress a lot of people out.

Milwaukee then acquired seven-time all-NBA guard Damian Lillard — like Antetokounmpo a member of the NBA’s 75th anniversary team — from the Portland Trail Blazers. Even after that move, Antetokounmpo said he would wait until the summer before signing an extension because it didn’t make financial sense to do it now.

“Obviously I trust Thanasis to death,” Antetokounmpo said. “Me and Thanasis, we haven’t separated ourselves since I was born. We were always there. He always looks out for me and has my back in so many ways. I have his back in so many ways. It’s a judgment that I trust blindly.”

 

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