Милвоки Бакс багийн од тоглогч Яннис Адетокунбо солилцооны хүрээнд Майами Хит багт нэгдэх болсноо албан ёсоор зарлалаа.
Даваа гарагт баталгаажсан уг солилцоогоор Милвоки Бакс баг Яннис Адетокунбо болон Бобби Портис нарыг Майами Хит рүү илгээж, хариуд нь Тайлер Херро, Келел Вэр, Жайме Жакез, Каспарас Якучонис, 2026 оны драфтын 13 дахь сонголт Нэйт Амент болон ирээдүйн драфтын эрхүүдийг хүлээн авчээ. Энэхүү шийдвэр нь хоёр талын аль алиных нь эрх ашигт нийцсэн хэмээн Милвоки Бакс багийн ерөнхий менежер Жон Хорст мэдэгдсэн байна.
Яннис Адетокунбо Милвоки хот болон багийн хөгжөөн дэмжигчдэдээ зориулан талархлын илгээлт илгээж, тус хот үргэлж өөрийнх нь гэр байх болно гэдгийг онцолжээ. Тэрээр 13 жилийн турш Милвоки Бакс багт зүтгэхдээ аварга цолд хүрсэн нь амьдралынх нь хамгийн нандин дурсамж болохыг дурдаад, карьерынхаа дараагийн алхмыг хийхэд бага зэрэг эргэлзээ, айдас төрж буй ч дахин аварга авахын тулд энэ эрсдэлийг гаргах нь зүйтэй гэж үзэж байгаагаа хуваалцсан юм.
Милвоки Бакс багийн зүгээс Яннис Адетокунбогийн баг болон хотын түүхэнд оруулсан хувь нэмрийг өндрөөр үнэлж, түүнийг багийн түүхэн дэх хамгийн агуу тоглогчдын нэг хэмээн тодорхойлсон байна. Багийн шинэ дасгалжуулагч Тэйлор Женкинсийн удирдлага дор Милвоки Бакс ирээдүйн амжилтын төлөөх шинэ хуудсаа нээж байгаагаа илэрхийлжээ. Яннис Адетокунбо ирээдүйд карьерынхаа төгсгөлд эргэн ирэх боломжтойг үгүйсгээгүй бөгөөд Майами Хит багийн бүрэлдэхүүнд хоёр дахь аварга цолоо хүртэхийн төлөө хичээх болно гэдгээ илэрхийлэв.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo released two farewell videos to the Bucks and the city of Milwaukee on Monday, saying in one that the city “will always be in my heart” and “will always be my city, my team, my family.”
“I want you to hear it from my mouth. The city of Milwaukee will always be in my heart,” Antetokounmpo said in an initial short video released on social media. “This is my home and this is a place that I had my kids. My mom is here. My father is here. My brothers played here. It made me the man that I am today. That will never ever change. No matter where I am, Milwaukee will always be my city, my team, my family.”
The trade of Antetokounmpo to the Miami Heat became official Monday, with Tyler Herro, Kel’el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakučionis, the No. 13 pick (Nate Ament) and future draft considerations going to Milwaukee for Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis.
Antetokounmpo was the first party to acknowledge the trade.
“The city of Milwaukee and the state of Wisconsin, I want them to remember this from me,” Antetokounmpo said in the video. “Don’t worry about the basket. Don’t worry about the championship. Don’t worry about the winnings. Don’t worry about the losses. I tried to be like them.
“I believe the city of Milwaukee is blue collar. It’s people that work extremely hard every single day. They give all their hard earned money just to come watch the Milwaukee Bucks. To come and feel something. To come to be a part of us. I hope that I was able to represent them the best that I could. And I was like them, I showed up to work, did everything, I was willing to do all the dirty work, just like them. I hope that bringing a trophy to the city meant something to them because it meant so much to me.”
— Giannis Antetokounmpo (@Giannis_An34) July 6, 2026
Shortly thereafter, the Bucks posted a letter from general manager Jon Horst.
“There are few players in the history of professional sports who have elevated a franchise, a city and a fan base the way Giannis Antetokounmpo has for Milwaukee and the Bucks,” Horst wrote. “Giannis arrived in Milwaukee from Greece as an 18-year-old with exceptional potential, relentless determination and an unwavering belief in what could be achieved. In his next 13 seasons, he became one of the greatest players in basketball history, the heart of our organization and the driving force behind an extraordinary era of Bucks basketball that will always be honored.
“On behalf of our entire organization, please join us in expressing our deepest gratitude to Giannis and his family. This decision is in the best interest of both the Bucks and Giannis. I understand the emotions this news brings, and I share them. I’m confident our path forward provides a strong foundation for sustained success. As we begin the next chapter of Bucks basketball, we do so with optimism, purpose and a clear vision to build on our standard of excellence while strengthening our competitive identity and winning culture under the leadership of our new head coach, Taylor Jenkins.”
After the trade was announced, Antetokounmpo also released a video on his YouTube page featuring a final interview with longtime Bucks play-by-play broadcaster Jim Paschke.
“Hopefully, when people see me and think about me, they think about the things that I’ve done for the team and things that I’ve done for the city and how I’ve carried myself and how I grew in this city,” Antetokounmpo told Paschke. “And hopefully, they remember those moments (rather) than the things other people say about me.”
Interviews with Paschke were an annual preseason tradition in Paschke’s final seasons with the team before he retired in 2021, the same season Antetokounmpo helped lead the Bucks to their first championship since 1971. During the Bucks’ championship celebration at Fiserv Forum, Antetokounmpo wore a shirt with Paschke’s image on it.
“I’ve played only on two teams in my life,” Antetokounmpo told Paschke. “I’ve been here 13 years and the team prior to the Bucks, I was there for four, five years. This is where I raised my family. This is where my kids were born. This is my home.
“This is where I built all of my memories. This is where I became who I am today. Some people talk to me in the street and they say, ‘Giannis, always do what’s best for your family and do what’s best for you. You’ve done so much for the city. I can remember where I was when you won the championship and I’ve been waiting for this for 30 years.’”
The two-time NBA MVP also admitted that moving away from Milwaukee brings about uncertainty.
“I’m scared,” Antetokounmpo said. “I’m scared of change. I’m scared that the grass is not always greener. I’m scared of, like, people love me here. People respect me here. People allow me to be myself in the city and I’m scared that I might never find that again.
“But this is something that I wake up every single day or when I take my showers at night and I think, maybe I’ve waited too long. I see guys playing deep into the playoffs and I think maybe if I switch teams and I go somewhere else and I have a better opportunity, I can play deep into the playoffs, I can go try to chase another championship because I really want that.
“And I’m scared that if I don’t take that decision, that when I’m going to be 37, 38 years old and I’m retiring, I’m going to be like, ‘Why? Why didn’t you take that risk?’ And people don’t understand, it’s a risk.”
The interview was recorded in the Bucks’ former practice facility at Archdiocese of Milwaukee in St. Francis. It may have been recorded before Antetokounmpo knew the Heat were acquiring him, as there are no references made to his new team in the 30-minute interview.
Antetokounmpo said he hopes the city of Milwaukee will still welcome him when he returns in a different jersey. He even said it would be great to one day return to Milwaukee at the end of his career, as Kevin Garnett did with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Antetokounmpo did not discuss his final few months with the Bucks, or what led to his breakup with the franchise at the end of this past season. He did touch on why he would welcome a move to a different team.
“The whole journey has been beautiful,” Antetokounmpo said. “I am extremely blessed, beyond blessed, and if God tells me that one championship is what my journey is supposed to be, I am extremely blessed and I will never question things that he has in store for me. I will never question his will, never. But I want a second one.
“And I believe that I am capable of doing it. I thank God I’m blessed with incredible talent and incredible willpower of putting the work in and trying to chase that. But if it doesn’t happen, I won’t look back and say, ‘Yeah, I failed.’ Because everything is part of a journey and everything leads to something, so I’ll never look back and say I failed.”
Now officially a member of the Heat, Antetokounmpo will continue his journey for a second championship in a different city for the first time in his NBA career.
