Giannis signs for 4 years, $100 million

[saltlover]

Just shy of a max deal, but a nice 9-figure payout.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources-giannis-antetokounmpo-agrees-to-100m-extension-175728368.html

[ederson]

no surprise here....

I am happy for him

[slamtheking]

needs to live up to the hype to be worth that money.  not worth that much currently

[SHAQATTACK]

Going by what ET got that's a bargain.

[BitterJim]

needs to live up to the hype to be worth that money.  not worth that much currently

Yeah. I get that he has tons of potential but this just seems ridiculous to me

[Donoghus]

Under the new landscape, I think this is a pretty solid deal for Milwaukee. 

Let's also not forget that this kid won't even be 22 until December.

[bdm860]

See, see! You all were wrong!  If Danny had drafted him over Olynyk, the C's wouldn't have had any cap room to sign free agents next summer!  Just another example of how ya'll are playing checkers, thinking short term wanting to draft Giannis, while Danny's playing chess, making moves that are thinking several steps ahead.

 

[The One]

Straight cash homey!

[Roy H.]

I'm surprised his agent caved on a non-max deal.

[saltlover]

I'm surprised his agent caved on a non-max deal.

Performance/injury-risk plus risk that a CBA renegotiation alters the max salary downwards, would be my guess.  He got about 95% of the max.  Also it wouldn't surprise me if he got a large signing bonus.  It could be up to $15 million, which would be nearly double Giannis' career earnings to date.  It's not insane to not hold out for every last penny.

[KG Living Legend]

 Horford
 Gianni's
 Crowder
 Bradley
 Thomas

 That's our best small ball five if he was drafted here. Still not that great.

[alldaboston]

I'm surprised his agent caved on a non-max deal.

The report is, Giannis is taking less than max so that the Bucks have some room next summer still

[LarBrd33]

He's another one of those guys everyone assumes is going to make major leaps.  Could be a huge year for him, though.  He had a solid year and he's only 21.

In 28 post-allstar games:  18.8 points, 8.6 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 1.9 blocks, 1.4 steals with 51% shooting.... pretty awesome.

[green_bballers13]

 Horford
 Gianni's
 Crowder
 Bradley
 Thomas

 That's our best small ball five if he was drafted here. Still not that great.

Maybe not great, but this would be very good in the East. IMO, people nitpick moves by Ainge, but this one hasn't gotten enough air time. The Greek Freak was there for the taking, and the Celtics traded up to get a goofy looking big with a limited ceiling. If the Celtics drafted Giannis, they could have already traded for a superstar.

[Tr1boy]

He's another one of those guys everyone assumes is going to make major leaps.  Could be a huge year for him, though.  He had a solid year and he's only 21.

In 28 post-allstar games:  18.8 points, 8.6 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 1.9 blocks, 1.4 steals with 51% shooting.... pretty awesome.

Has he helped the bucks into the playoffs?

Ind stats are overrated. Just look at cousins, melo anthony stats the past few seasons..