MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks officially confirmed Monday that Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis Jr. are going to the Miami Heat.
In exchange, Milwaukee officially gets Tyler Herro, Kel’el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakučionis. The squad besides got the 13th prime successful the draft, which already happened. The Bucks selected Nate Ament from Tennessee.
“From delivering a title to transforming our franchise, Giannis’ interaction connected the Milwaukee Bucks is lasting and profound,” said Bucks owners Wes Edens, Jimmy and Dee Haslam, and Jamie Dinan successful a release. “We are incredibly grateful for what has been a singular and historical travel together.
Antetokounmpo took to societal media connected Monday pursuing the announcement, posting a tribute video to his 13 seasons successful Milwaukee.
“I privation you to perceive it from my mouth, the metropolis of Milwaukee volition ever beryllium successful my heart,” Antetokounmpo said successful the video. “This is my home, and this is simply a spot that I had my kids. My ma is here; my begetter is here; my brothers played here. It made maine the antheral that I americium today. That volition never, ever change.
“No substance wherever I am, Milwaukee volition ever beryllium my city, my team, my family.”
General Manager Jon Horst besides posted a missive to fans connected the Bucks’ social media pages.
“There are fewer players successful the past of nonrecreational sports who person elevated a franchise, a metropolis and a instrumentality basal the mode Giannis Antetokounmpo has for Milwaukee and the Bucks,” Horst said.
“He became an ambassador for our metropolis astir the satellite and a root of pridefulness for our full state. Through his generosity, authenticity and committedness to helping others, helium touched lives passim our assemblage and inspired radical crossed generations,” Horst added.
Horst said this was an “incredibly hard decision, made for what is champion for the aboriginal of the Bucks and for Giannis.”
You came to Milwaukee 13 years agone arsenic a kid from Sepolia with an intolerable dream. Over the past 13 years we person witnessed you turn into 1 of the top players the crippled has ever seen, the top Buck of each time, and the driving unit down an epoch of Bucks basketball… pic.twitter.com/6oDA0APFwh
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) July 6, 2026Antetokounmpo was selected arsenic the 15th wide prime successful the 2013 NBA Draft. He had a franchise-record 895 games with the Bucks and has a vocation mean of 24.1 points, 9.9 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game.
Portis was successful 406 games implicit six seasons with Milwaukee, during which helium averaged 13.6 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.
“From the infinitesimal Bobby arrived, helium embraced what it means to beryllium a Buck and rapidly became a instrumentality favourite done his passion, competitiveness and unwavering committedness to winning. Bobby played a captious relation successful helping our franchise seizure the 2021 NBA Championship, and his show passim that historical playoff tally volition everlastingly beryllium portion of Bucks history,” Horst said successful a release.
He said the team’s intent remains unchanged and that it volition proceed to physique a “championship-caliber team.”
“We’re excited to invited Tyler Herro, Kel’el Ware, Jaime Jaquez and Kasparas Jakucionis to Bucks basketball,” Horst said. “Each brings talent, versatility, competitiveness and a team-first mentality that builds our civilization and identity.”
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