Giannis Antekokounmpo wants to finish career in native Greece

After reaffirming his committedness to the Milwaukee Bucks successful the offseason, All- Star guardant Giannis Antetokounmpo went connected Greek television and said helium would similar to decorativeness his playing vocation successful his autochthonal Greece.

A two-time MVP, Antetokounmpo is under declaration with the Bucks for his 13th and 14th seasons done 2026-27 earlier helium tin participate escaped agency.

“I’m 30 years old, I tin play successful the NBA until I’m 36-38. I’d similar to extremity my vocation successful a Greek team, why not?” helium said connected ANT1’s “The 2night Show,” according to a translation by BasketNews. “I don’t want to unrecorded successful the United States. As σύντομα arsenic I permission the NBA, I want to instrumentality to Greece.

“I could extremity my vocation here,” helium continued, “whether this team is called Filathlitikos, Olympiakos, Panathinaikos, oregon Aris, I’m talking astir each the teams now.”

The Athens autochthonal began his nonrecreational hoops vocation with Filathlitikos, a Greek B league team, and played two seasons. The Bucks selected him with the 15th wide prime of the 2013 NBA Draft.

A nine-time All-Star and seven-time first-team All-NBA honoree, Antetokounmpo was voted MVP successful the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. He was the NBA Finals MVP successful 2021 when the Bucks won the championship.

He has averaged 23.9 points, 9.9 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.1 steals, 1.2 blocks and 32.9 minutes successful 859 regular-season games (794 starts). Antetokounmpo besides averaged 27.0 points, 12.2 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.3 blocks and 1.0 steals successful 36.2 minutes successful 84 playoff contests (all starts).

Milwaukee is signing 1 of his brothers, guardant Alex Antetokounmpo, to a two-way contract, ESPN reported connected Monday.

With Alex, 24, joining older brothers Giannis and Thanasis (33), it will people the archetypal clip successful NBA past that three siblings were connected the aforesaid progressive roster, per ESPN.