Giannis Antetokounmpo has been the most important player to ever wear a Milwaukee Bucks uniform.
And if one NBA insider is to be believed, he won't wear that jersey ever again.
Marc Spears reported this on Monday:
"I think he has played his last game in a Milwaukee Bucks uniform."
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That's heartbreaking for Milwaukee sports fans.
They watched Giannis grow from a gangly teenager into an MVP and a guy who scored 50 points in a closeout game for the Bucks' first NBA championship in 50 years.
Antetokounmpo has been involved in trade rumors as the Bucks have struggled, having been knocked in the last three years in the first round of the playoffs.
This season, Milwaukee is trending toward missing the postseason entirely, and Antetokounmpo is now sidelined with a calf injury.
Giannis will be out with his injury through the NBA's trade deadline in the first week of February, and some seem to believe that won't stop him from getting dealt anyway.
Clearly, that's what Spears is suggesting.
Antetokounmpo has said that he himself wouldn't request a trade away from Milwaukee, because it's just not how he operates.
If the Bucks are to trade Giannis, it'll be a decision they have to make themselves.
And if that's what happens, it'll be the end of a special era.
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