MILWAUKEE – You would think the noise surrounding Giannis Antetokounmpo might be louder by this point.



Here you have one of the best NBA players of all time, this 25-year-old reigning MVP known as “The Greek Freak” who came their way from the basketball heavens back in 2013, less than seven months away from a contractual fork-in-the-road that could very well determine his future with this Milwaukee Bucks franchise and, by extension, the league at large. As was the case with all those superstars who came before, the ones like Steph Curry, Karl-Anthony Towns, Damian Lillard and others who stayed and the ones like Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, Kawhi Leonard and all the rest who left, this is the time where everyone on the outside reads the room and overanalyzes even the smallest clues about what might come next.



What’s more, the Bucks didn’t take advantage of their best chance yet to hit the mute button here – the East Finals against...