Some athletes love drama. They love the idea of people paying attention to their every move. It is almost like they get endorphins off that drama from people all of their respective league. Giannis Antetokounmpo is not one of those players. He wants people to shut their mouths if they’re talking to him about something that isn’t basketball-related. It is part of the reason why people love him in this city. We all know Giannis is a free agent in 2021. We all know Jon Horst is going to drop a bag. Yet this hasn’t stopped the blood-sucking NBA media from posing wild hypotheticals to get Antetokounmpo to Golden State. Yesterday at Bucks media day, Giannis told the world to shut the fuck up about it in the nicest way possible.

“I feel like if you have a great team and our goal is to win a championship and be the last team standing and get better each day, I think it’s disrespectful to my teammates talking about my free agency and what I’m going to do,” Antetokounmpo said. “When the time is right, we’re all going to talk about it. I don’t think the time is right, right now. Obviously, our focus is to get better each day and go out there and compete as hard as we can each day. I’m not going to talk about it a lot this season, and I’m not going to try to address it.”

First of all, I enjoy Giannis taking it head-on. He did not dance around the topic. Giannis went straight for the throat and let people know that it is not something he wants to discuss this season. I respect the hell out of him for that. In many ways, he is right. These hypotheticals or the ridiculous thought that Milwaukee would trade Antetokounmpo is reckless and senseless. Second, it is good to see where his head is at to start the year. People will still ask all year. But Giannis is trying to silence them.

Charlie.