Even at 2-8, Bucks were not remotely interested in Giannis Antetokounmpo trade

When I wrote about Milwaukee’s uncertain future in mid-October, with Giannis Antetokounmpo himself acknowledging that significant change could come if the team didn’t meet its title-contending expectations, there was a sense of organizational optimism that belied the premise. And then the games began. By the time the Bucks fell to 2-8 on Nov. 10, all those teams that would love for Antetokounmpo to ask for a trade started wondering if the panic that would preempt that sort of superstar move might set in a whole lot sooner than expected. Yet while league sources say the Bucks have continued to tell interested teams, in essence, that they’re living in a fantasy world with these sorts of superstar desires, that didn’t keep the league-wide chatter from growing louder by the loss. Lo and behold, winning — nine times in their last 11 games, to be exact — has proven yet again to be the only real way to quiet that kind of noise.