Giannis Antetokounmpo Sees Himself With Bucks 'As Long As Everybody's Fighting For The Same Thing'
The future of Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of the most pressing issues in the offseason as he becomes eligible for a supermax contract before potentially becoming a free agent in 2021.
\"As long as everybody\'s fighting for the same thing ... which is to be a champion, I don\'t see why not to be in Milwaukee for the next 15 years,\" Antetokounmpo told Ernie Johnson on NBA TV after accepting the trophy.
Antetokounmpo had a three-hour meeting with Marc Lasry this week.
\"Obviously, I would like to keep that conversation I had with the ownership and my coach and the general manager private, but at the end of the day, every team has got to improve. It\'s simple. You\'ve got to be better than what you were last year. If you did not win the whole thing, you\'ve got to get better,\" Antetokounmpo said. \"If you win the whole thing, you\'ve got to get better and do it again. So, for now, our team has got to get better. I think we have great talent and as long as we improve individually and improve as a team we\'re gonna be in a good spot.
\"I left the meeting encouraged and was happy with what we discussed and for now, we\'re on the same page. I was happy that they came and we had this long conversation about how we\'re gonna get better and about things for the future but, as I said, I was happy,\" he continued. \"I left the conversation encouraged, but I\'ve been encouraged my whole career in Milwaukee. I know that we\'ve gotten better each year and I know that Milwaukee has great people that view every year the same I do every year which is to play well, improve and win it all. So, I\'ve always been encouraged but after the meeting I was encouraged, too.\"
