• Home
  • News
    • Politics / Govt
    • Legislature
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
    • Archives
  • Sports
    • Badgers
    • Packers
      • Titletown Report
    • Brewers
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support

Wisconsin Radio Network

Wisconsin News and Sports

You are here: Home / Sports / Money won’t be an object for the Bucks moving forward

Money won’t be an object for the Bucks moving forward

September 14, 2020 By Bill Scott

 

Giannis Antetokounmpo – File Photo / Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)

Milwaukee Bucks co-owner and governor Marc Lasry, meeting with Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo last Friday, told the reigning NBA MVP that the franchise is willing to spend into the luxury tax to deliver him a championship supporting cast.

According to ESPN, the Bucks’ payroll will be close to the proposed $132.7 million luxury-tax threshold for 2020-21.

Lasry assured Antetokounmpo and his agent, Alex Saratsis, that they would make some personnel upgrades that could be available to the franchise in the offseason.  Antetokounmpo left for vacation but is expected to meet with Lasry upon his return.

Antetokounmpo will have to decide whether he will sign an extension with the Bucks or enter the 2020-21 season in the final year of his contract and eligible for free agency in 2021.

The Bucks will offer Antetokounmpo a supermax deal that will pay him somewhere just short of $250 million over five years based on the new salary-cap figures.

After the Bucks were eliminated from the playoffs last week, Antetokounmpo said the possibility of him requesting a trade from Milwaukee is “not happening.”

“Some see a wall and go in [another direction].  I plow through it,” Antetokounmpo said.  “We just have to get better as a team, individually and get right back at it next season.”

The Bucks had the NBA’s best regular-season record for two straight seasons but failed to reach the championship final each year.  Ownership plans to bring back coach Mike Budenholzer and together, will work to reshape their roster they hope will put them over the top next season.

 

 

 

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Mark Lasry, Mike Budenholzer, Milwaukee Bucks, NBA



Featured Stories

New Wisconsin county health rankings released

Arrest in 2022 firebombing at Wisconsin pro-life group’s office

Senate Republicans shut down debate on conversion therapy in Wisconsin

UW Madison based Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center receives funding renewal

Secretary of State La Follette resigns from office, Godlewski named as replacement

TwitterFacebook

Sports Headlines

Evers’ AmFam funding plan ‘a nonstarter’ with Assembly Republicans

New pitch clock could speed up MLB games this season, says UW expert

Giannis breaks franchise scoring record, Bucks beat Nets in OT

Wisconsin’s Davis declares for NBA Draft

Badgers to face Arizona State in Las Vegas Bowl

More Sports

Tweets by @WRN

Get our news delivered to your inbox:

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Copyright © 2023 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC

 

Loading Comments...