Giannis Antetokounmpo agrees to 3-year extension with Bucks

Giannis Antetokounmpo has agreed on a three-year, $186 millioncontract extension with the Milwaukee Bucks that includes a playeroption in the third season, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Had Giannis waited until next offseason, he could have signed afour-year, $234 million extension.

Back in August, Antetokounmpo told The New York Times that"numbers-wise, it doesn't make sense" to sign an extension beforenext offseason. In that same interview, Giannis made it clear thathe wasn't content on simply winning one championship and wanted tomake sure that the Bucks were committed to contending goingforward.

It certainly seems like the Bucks' decision to acquire DamianLillard from the Portland Trail Blazers changed Giannis' mind oninking an extension now.

Antetokounmpois coming off an impressive season in whichhe averaged a career-high 31.1 points along with 11.8 rebounds, 5.7assists, 0.8 steals and 0.8 blocks while shooting 55.3% from thefield, 27.5% from three-point range and 64.5% from the free-throwline.

The 28-year-old has emerged as one of the NBA's best players,and he has an incredible resume: a championship, two NBA MVPs, aFinals MVP, seven All-Star nods, seven All-NBA selections, aDefensive Player of the Year award, five All-Defensive Teamselections and a Most Improved Player award.

Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee to an Eastern-Conference-best 58wins last season. In 2021, Antetokounmpo led the Bucks to theirfirst championship in 50 years.