Chris Haynes reports on the “very crucial” meeting to occur next week
We have another update in the Giannis chronicles, this time from Chris Haynes, who reported on Saturday night that the Milwaukee Bucks front office will meet with Antetokounmpo in the middle of next week to discuss the team’s direction:
This follows ESPN’s Shams Charania previously reporting that, although Giannis has made no firm decision, the two-time MVP is “open-minded” about whether Milwaukee remains the best fit for him. Notably, Charania wrote that “the Bucks and Antetokounmpo’s representatives, Giorgios Panou and Alex Saratsis, are expected to sit down during the offseason to discuss the future.”
Well, although we can’t say for sure, we can connect the dots that Haynes is probably building on the above statement by reporting the timeframe for when said meeting will occur. In terms of the other “news” Haynes reported, the most noteworthy is probably that there was no formal exit interview with Giannis and the front office at the season’s end, and that both sides had not spoken since:
“From what I was told, the Bucks said [to Giannis], ‘hey, emotions are running high immediately after the loss, let’s just pivot to doing this down the road.’ So there has been no communication [between the two sides] from that point until [Saturday] morning.”
The final bit of somewhat significant reporting from Haynes is that while there are teams monitoring the situation with Antetokounmpo, he didn’t have anything “substantial” worth reporting. Haynes said that as far as external developments are concerned, a lot will depend on how the meeting next week goes.