The Milwaukee Bucks need to win all 82 regular-season games and sweep every team in the playoffs en route to winning the 2026 NBA Finals for Giannis Antetokounmpo to stay in Wisconsin. In all seriousness, the Bucks need to do a lot — and quickly — for Giannis not to request a trade. The pressure has been on, but it ramped up after ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania's latest report.
Charania reported that the only other team Giannis wanted to play for this summer was the Knicks. Milwaukee and New York engaged in exploratory trade talks in August, but they didn't turn into anything.