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Gordon Hayward left the Utah Jazz for the Boston Celtics in the year 2017, so, naturally, the Milwaukee Bucks must start worrying about Giannis Antetokounmpo staging his own heel turn in 2021.

Here's ESPN.com's Adrian Wojnarowski speaking on The Russillo Show (h/t Sporting News):

"Milwaukee's going to go through this with the Greek Freak. That day's coming, right? Where he's going to look and say, 'Where is this organization? What are they doing here?' Like, you don't think Giannis has been watching what went on there for the last several months? Of what they allowed to go on with the front office? He's watching it. And the clock has started. Everybody in the league is trying to figure out how they are going to get him out of there. That has started."

So, like, I have so many questions.

Is "everybody in the league" trying to get him out of Milwaukee right now? As in, actively and persistently? Or is this just a situation in which rival general managers call randomly—you know, just to see what's up?

Has Antetokounmpo given any inclination he'd leave the Bucks in four years? Isn't that almost a half-decade down the line? And isn't that nearly 20 percent of the 22-year-old's entire lifespan? How can someone so young know where they'll be, or where exactly they want to be, or what the place they're currently in will look like, that far in advance?

Four years come at you fast in the NBA. There's no disputing that little slice of spinach pie—especially when it was baked and served by Woj the All-Knowing. But Bucks fans needn't lose their heads. The front office is a mess, but the team has some irons in the fire.

Malcolm Brogdon is already a stud. Thon Maker often looks like he'll soon join him. Jabari Parker is a No. 2 overall pick, not a lost cause. Khris Middleton is one of the 10 or 12 best wings in the league and doesn't turn 26 until August. D.J. Wilson was a reach at No. 17, but he's a stretchy big with switchy defensive potential.

Fret over 2021 two years from now, when all of these players are known commodities, both swings and misses. Right now, the Bucks are rising through the East on the back of a top-10 player who isn't old enough to rent a car in New York without incurring some sort of surcharge. That's a pretty damn good place to be.