Giannis Antetokounmpo reacts to Luka Doncic trade, jokes about Nikola Jokic becoming face of Knicks
Anttokounmpo It may have been inadvertently confirmed to completely Milwokuki Paczz Funnies base Sunday. After the loss of Milwoki 132-119 to Memphis GregsAntetokounmpo, like many others The American Professional League The players were asked about the horrific trade that was sent Luca Densic to Los Angeles Lakers.
Initially, Antetokounmpo gave a response on the human side Trade like thisAnd, similar Kevin Durant The approach, is I touched on the double standards that are detained by players and teams When it comes to trading.
“I understand basketball works, that the teams sometimes need to take the best beneficial moves of their institution … but at the same time, things go in both directions,” said Anttokounmpo.
“When the player believes he can go to a different team and believes he can have an opportunity to win a championship, we cannot crucify the person and say that he is not loyal and did not do the right thing and allows everyone down.
Most of the players, if not all of them, share the same feelings as ANTTOKONMPO. But immediately after that, the Bakz star had a surprising thing to say about trade.
With Doncic went to Los Angeles, Anttokounmpo said – in what appeared to be a joke tone – he wanted to see more Europeans playing in major markets.
“Well, let’s say something funny because I took it and spoke very seriously,” Antetokounmpo said. “Now that he was European, I think, Lakers face, this is something new for Europe. It hasn’t happened before. We have Pao Gasol. It is clear that he was a great player. How do you say – Vujacic? Sasha Fujasic? – A great man, one of my close friends.
“Now I just love it, you know what I want? I want Luca to Lakers, I want [Nikola] jokic to Nix. I want all Europeans to go to all big markets to see something incredible. This is what I want. This is my dream. “
Although ANTTOKOUNMPO was likely to not mean any harm to this quote, it is a eyebrow eyebrow and makes you think about the possibility of his desire to play in a larger market. He is one of the European players mentioned above, after all.
There were no indications that he wanted to leave Milwoki, or that dollars would ever withdraw from the same size Mavrex I just did. But after the Doncic trade, it seems that anything is possible.
Anttokounmpo said in 2021, just five months after Bakz won a championship, while he was not looking to leave Milwoki soon, “The next challenge may not be here“He has already signed a three-year contract worth $ 175.3 million in October 2023, and took it during the 2026-27 season with the player’s option the following year, but this does not mean that he will play this entire contract in Milwoki.
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He is one of the best players in the league, and has reached December 30. If he wants to switch the difference because Milwaukee did not do his best in a vibrant title competitor around him since they won it in 2021, it will not be surprising.
Of course, all of this is just a mental exercise, because antetokounpo definitely does not mean this. But big market teams like Nix, Celx Lakers may have seen this quote and wondering whether they could reach a deal to enter their city.
And if that happens, this will remain the second most shocking trade that occurs this week.
