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By TIM REYNOLDS<\/strong> AP Basketball Writer<\/p>\n

MIAMI \u2014 Giannis Antetokounmpo wants more championships. So do the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n

Their interests are officially aligned \u2013 and the Heat finally have another superstar.<\/p>\n

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Ending a marathon watch for the next great Miami get, the Heat landed Antetokounmpo \u2013 a two-time NBA MVP and 10-time All-Star \u2013 from the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night in exchange for a massive haul of players and draft picks.<\/p>\n

The terms, according to a person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the move had yet to receive the required league approval: Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis are heading to Miami for Wisconsin native Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel\u2019el Ware and Kasparas Jakucionis.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee also gets the No. 13 selection that will be made in\u00a0Tuesday night\u2019s NBA draft, along with a first-round pick swap in 2030, first-round picks in 2031 and 2033 and a second-rounder in 2033, the person said.<\/p>\n

It ends a wild back-and-forth in the final days of the saga, with the Bucks considering offers from both Miami and Boston for Antetokounmpo \u2013 who led Milwaukee to the 2021 NBA title, was on the NBA\u2019s 75th anniversary list of its greatest players ever, is a nine-time All-NBA selection and is coming off an injury-shortened season in which he averaged 27.6 points per game.<\/p>\n

Heat go star hunting again, and it pays off<\/h4>\n

There has been no secret that this is what Miami has sought, because this is what Miami usually seeks. The Heat pulled off similar moves by landing Shaquille O\u2019Neal in 2004 (helping lead to the 2006 NBA title) and by getting LeBron James and Chris Bosh to play alongside Dwyane Wade in 2010 (leading to four NBA Finals runs in four seasons together, along with the 2012 and 2013 NBA titles).<\/p>\n

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Now, it\u2019s Antetokounmpo\u2019s turn. At 31, the Heat clearly believe he still has many good years left \u2013 and it\u2019s generally presumed that by making this deal they\u2019ll give the Greek superstar a massive contract extension later this year.<\/p>\n

He was a perennial MVP candidate in Milwaukee, getting votes for that award in nine consecutive seasons before 2025-26 when too many missed games left him ineligible.<\/p>\n

He has averaged 24.1 points and 9.9 rebounds per game in his career, with 10 consecutive seasons of averaging at least 22.9 points \u2013 with three years in there of averaging more than 30 points per game.<\/p>\n

Only seven active players have more points in their careers than Antetokounmpo, who has totaled 21,531 to this point.<\/p>\n

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A trade seemed inevitable<\/h4>\n

Antetokounmpo had been mentioned in trade talks countless times in recent years, with the Bucks always insisting \u2013 with words and actions \u2013 that they had no interest in trading their best player and one of the best players in the history of the franchise.<\/p>\n

But this time, it seemed different.<\/p>\n

The Bucks, who\u00a0fired Doc Rivers\u00a0as coach after the season, don\u2019t have a roster that would be considered a championship contender. By trading Antetokounmpo, they can essentially start over with four players (and the Heat were high on all of them) along with draft capital.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI just think before the draft is a natural time, right, because if Giannis does play somewhere else we\u2019re going to get a lot of assets. \u2026 You\u2019ve got to get it right,\u201d Bucks co-owner Jimmy Haslam said in May, when the team introduced new coach Taylor Jenkins \u2013 who was told that Antetokounmpo might or might not be with the franchise when next season starts.<\/p>\n

Jenkins and the rest of the NBA now has the answer: Antetokounmpo won\u2019t be there.<\/p>\n

Antetokounmpo had spoken highly of Miami many times over the years, even when the Heat and Bucks were going head-to-head in the playoffs. He also shares an agent with Heat star center Bam Adebayo, who was the only player Miami clearly was not willing to part with in order to make this deal happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re going to play tough and they\u2019re not going to stop playing,\u201d Antetokounmpo said after Milwaukee played Miami on March 12. \u201cThat\u2019s the Miami Heat culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Little did anyone know that night that those words were coming after what would be the next-to-last game for Antetokounmpo in a Bucks uniform. He played three nights later against Indiana, then was held out of Milwaukee\u2019s final 15 games of the season.<\/p>\n

The Bucks said that was for injury-related reasons. Antetokounmpo said he wanted to play.<\/p>\n

He had some bouts with injuries this past season: Antetokounmpo missed four games in late November with a left\u00a0adductor strain\u00a0and sat out eight games in December with a\u00a0right calf strain,\u00a0then he injured the\u00a0right calf again\u00a0in January.<\/p>\n

He\u00a0landed awkwardly\u00a0on a dunk in that March 15 victory over Indiana and didn\u2019t play again due to what team officials had labeled as a left knee hyperextension and bone bruise. Antetokounmpo said the last few weeks of the season that\u00a0he was healthy\u00a0and wanted to play, a dispute that resulted in an\u00a0investigation\u00a0by the league office.<\/p>\n

For Antetokounmpo, it\u2019s about legacy<\/h4>\n

Antetokounmpo said coming into the 2025-26 season that he is at the point in his career where he thinks about his legacy, and how more championships are important to him. Told he is already considered an all-time great, he bristled at the notion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not there yet,\u201d Antetokounmpo said that day at Bucks training camp.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s hard to believe, considering his resume. He\u2019s won\u00a0a championship. He\u2019s been an MVP. He\u2019s been an NBA Finals MVP. He\u2019s a perennial All-Star and All-NBA pick. He\u2019s one of only seven players born somewhere other than the 50 states of the U.S. to have reached the 20,000-point mark. In 2025, he led Greece to its first EuroBasket medal in 16 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery basketball player, every athlete, starts a career and they have this quest of what they want to accomplish and what to be remembered for,\u201d Antetokounmpo said in that same training camp interview. \u201cAnd I think at this point, I\u2019ve accomplished everything that I\u2019ve put my mind to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Dodgers reliever Brock Stewart activated, eager to contribute<\/a><\/p>\n

He said those words in Miami. And now, Miami is about to be his new home.<\/p>\n

AP Sports Writer Steve Megargee in Milwaukee contributed.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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