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Has Giannis played his last game as a Buck?

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Henry Abbott
Jan 26, 2026
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Giannis limped from Friday’s game against the Nuggets in the final minute of crunch time. Over his last five games, the Bucks have been minus-55 with Giannis on the court. Sources say he may never appear in a Bucks uniform again. PATRICK MCDERMOTT/GETTY IMAGES

Last week, someone very well placed in the business told me something alarming about Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Giannis is generally seen as a good guy, a thoughtful guy, one of the truly nice and kind people in the NBA sphere. He has had one team and one agent since he was drafted as a teenager in 2013.

So it was alarming to hear a story of real drama, that Giannis was close to firing his longtime agent Alex Saratsis over his failure to get Giannis traded from the Bucks.

This is a very tricky topic, for a number of reasons. One of them is that both the Bucks and Giannis have been keeping up appearances. Even after he left Friday’s game with an injury he expects to keep him out for 4-6 weeks, Giannis talked to the media about…

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