Giannis Antetokounmpo reacts to the free NBA agency among the moves of Bucks
Giannis Antetokounmpo reacted at the beginning of the period of the 2025 free NBA agency – and a cycle of news engaged for its dollars of Milwaukee, in particular – with a post on social media on Tuesday morning.
Antetokounmpo published a screenshot of the former teammate Brooks Lopez during the celebration of the 2021 NBA championship of Bucks with the caption “I don’t know what is going on right now, friend”. Antetokounmpo then subtitled the screenshot, “mood [100%]. “
Among the commitment of the Bucks for the Libera Agency, it was announced on Monday evening that Lopez agreed to join the Los Angeles Clippers as a free agent with a two -year agreement of $ 18 million. He played seven seasons in Milwaukee after originally signed a 3.38 million dollar contract with the Bucks in 2018.
Announcement
Shortly after the post of Antetokounmpo, Espn’s Shams Charania reported that the Bucks renounced the Superstar point guard using the arrangement of stretching in the NBA collective bargaining agreement. This provision of stretching will cancel the last two years of his contract and will allow Bucks to spread the remaining success of $ 113 million in the next five seasons.
This move had been announced a few minutes after the Bucks had agreed to sign Myles Turner from Indiana Pacers to a four -year agreement of $ 107 million. It is not clear whether Antetokounmpo has been made aware of the release of Lillard before his social media post.
Lillard found great success during his nine seasons with the Portland Trailblazers before leaving to join Milwaukee in 2023. Lillard scored on average 24.9 points, 7.1 assists and 4.9 rebounds per game in the regular season of 2024-25 before tearing Achilles in game 4 of the first series of playoffs against Indiana.
Milwaukee has given up nine times all-stars just over 18 hours after the opening of the teams to start the negotiations of free agents. A minute after the 18:00 ET window, the New York Star Knicks Josh Hart jokes jokingly: “It is 6:01 and I don’t see an agreement … what happened to the game I love?”
Announcement
The doors opened shortly after while the negotiations continued for most of Monday evening. Among the noteworthy moves, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander included Shai who accepted a four-year supermax extension of $ 285 million after led the Oklahoma City thunder to the NBA title.
The former Golden State Warriors Big Kevon Looney is also leaving the Bay Area to join the Pelicans of New Orleans, meeting with the former Dubs Jordan Poole guard. After Looney accepted a two -year agreement of $ 16 million, Poole published the ESPN graphic designer on its Instagram history and wrote: “Omg !!! is so illuminated”.
Poole helped the Warriors to win the title in 2022 and was mistaken for Chris Paul after the following season. After two seasons in Washington, Poole was exchanged with the big easy while the Washington Wizards acquired CJ McCollum and Kelly Olynyk.
The future of Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee remains questionable while the team struggles to follow its title of 2021