There are good and bad situations to be in when it comes to NBA teams facing the prospect of extending their young players at the end of their rookie scale contracts. To be very clear, there’s nothing bad about where the Milwaukee Bucks currently find themselves with Giannis Antetokounmpo.
With Antetokounmpo eligible to sign an early extension between July 7 and October 31, a big decision lies ahead for the Bucks in the coming months.
Just because it’s an important decision, don’t let that lead you to believe that it should be any less straightforward though.
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The Milwaukee Bucks owe it to their painfully grim recent past, and their hopefully brighter future to offer Antetokounmpo his five year max contract at the earliest possible opportunity, and there are a whole host of reasons why.