Two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo has joined Miami Heat from the Milwaukee Bucks, Yankee Scores reports.
Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis are headed to Miami, and Tyler Herro, Kel’el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Kasparas Jakucionis are going the other way in the trade.
OFFICIAL: The Miami HEAT have acquired Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis Jr. from Milwaukee in exchange for Tyler Herro, Kasparas Jakučionis, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel’el Ware, three 1st round picks (2026, 2031 & 2033), a 2030 1st round pick swap and a 2033 2nd round pick. pic.twitter.com/jGX4DxH4FB
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Antetokounmpo, drafted by the Bucks in 2013, has won the NBA championship once, in 2021, per BBC Sport.
The 31-year-old criticised his side’s management last season for not letting him play after suffering a left knee hyperextension.
The Boston Celtics were also mentioned in connection with the Greek star, whose future is unclear.
“It’s one of the great trades in the history of the franchise,” Heat president Pat Riley said of the 2006 trade that brought him to Miami, where he’s won three NBA titles, in 2012 and 2013.
Heat president Pat Riley said it is “one of the great trades” in the history of the franchise, who have won three NBA titles, in 2006, 2012 and 2013.
Speaking in April after the Bucks failed to reach the play-offs, Antetokounmpo said: “I feel like sometimes people just don’t listen.
“They listen to the sources. The main source is me. It is what it is.”
The Philadelphia 76ers also confirmed that they signed free-agent guard Anfernee Simons and acquired Jaylen Brown in a trade with Eastern Conference rival Boston Celtics.
The 76ers acquired Brown in a trade that sent veteran forward Paul George, two first-round picks and two second-round picks to the team.
