MILWAUKEE — Everything, at least as of the pre-Halloween publishing of this column, seems kumbaya between Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks.
The team signed two of Antetokounmpo’s younger brothers, Thanasis and Alex, despite neither showing much NBA potential. It’s a wink-and-a-nod arrangement to keep the star happy. Every franchise does extra for its best player, and nobody — sans maybe Nikola Jokic — is as cut-and-dried the team’s top star as Antetokounmpo.
So the Bucks are still very much in the business of keeping Antetokounmpo, and Antetokounmpo, thus far, is playing with the dominance to suggest he’s committed.
You don’t check out and average 36 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists in the first three games. The guy is locked in. But his patience is thinner. If the Bucks stink again, it may finally run out. Antetokounmpo has issued soft warnings through the media and toed that line again Sunday night after the shorthanded Bucks, playing without Kyle Kuzma, Kevin Porter Jr. and Cole Anthony, lost a nip-and-tuck battle to the Cavaliers.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
