Giannis Antetokounmpo jokes with Bobby Portis in viral comment about his future with the Milwaukee Bucks

Everyone appears to have one and only one question around the Milwaukee Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo these days. And it's a big one: Is Giannis leaving the Bucks?

Fantasy trades and rumors are filling social media timelines in the weeks after the Bucks' first-round exit from the 2025 NBA playoffs about where Antetokounmpo could go if he plays somewhere else for the first time in his career. Teammates are getting asked about it in interviews even though Antetokounmpo isn't a free agent and he hasn't said he wants to leave.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis, whose future with the team isn't guaranteed this offseason, offered his perspective when he was asked about the situation during a May 9 appearance on FanDuel TV's "Run it Back."

Bucks fans should like what he had to say.

"I just think Giannis bleeds green," Portis said. "He bleeds green. He bleeds loyalty. I think he bleeds wanting that Tim Duncan, Kobe (Bryant)-esque type career, Steph Curry-type career where they play for one franchise."  

That could very well be true, but the Bucks' two-time MVP had some fun with Portis' comment and turned it around on him.

"Don’t worry about me! What you doing Bobby you staying or leaving 😂?!" Antetokounmpo wrote on the show's official Instagram account to a video clip of the interview.

Portis replied with three crying face emojis: 😭😭😭

Here's more on Portis' comments about Antetokounmpo and the status of his own future with the Bucks.

Will Giannis leave Milwaukee? Bobby Portis offers his perspective

In the interview, Portis said he plans to connect with Antetokounmpo in a couple weeks after giving everyone some time to recover from the end of the season, which saw the Bucks lose in stunning fashion to the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series when they blew a seven-point overtime lead.

Portis said, of course, it "sounds really, really good" for teams and the national media to want Antetokounmpo to leave the Bucks. But he feels Antetokounmpo is different and might want to spend his whole career in one place.

He mentioned loyalty being a top reason.

Teams must take into consideration the financials, Portis noted.

Antetokounmpo is making $54 million with the Bucks next season and $58 million in 2026-27. Antetokounmpo has two years left on his contract.

"If you trade for him, he’s going to make what 58, 60 million (dollars), you gotta trade your whole team," Portis joked. "Then being able to get him you still have to put players around him to compete for a championship. If you do make a move, you might be in the same position the Bucks are in."

Portis recognized a team could trade younger players and draft capital to likely make it work but added that teams "have to have guys around him that fit around him to help him compete."

That has been the Bucks' challenge in recent years as they fight to get back to the top of the Eastern Conference after three straight first-round playoff series losses.

Bobby Portis with the Milwaukee Bucks

Meanwhile, Portis has a player option on his four-year, $49 million contract that he signed in summer 2022. That means he can opt out and become a free agent. But the Bucks have “Bird rights” over him where they can exceed the salary cap to retain him on the market.

Portis had a challenging year off the court with the death of his grandmother, the burglary of his house and a 25-game suspension for taking a banned drug.

"Right now, I think the biggest thing with me is just enjoying the now," Portis said. "Not worrying about what’s to come in June (when free agency opens). Focusing on my family. It was a long, crazy year for me. Just hanging out with the fam, get my mind right off the court."

Portis said while he cherishes his time in Milwaukee, he explains his future might not all be in his hands.

"Love Milwaukee, loving playing with the Bucks," said Portis, who is as popular as they come in Milwaukee. "I would love to be in Milwaukee. I love it here. They call me the mayor here. It’s kind of hard to leave a city where you’re the 'mayor.'

Portis signed with the team as a free agent in 2020 and then re-signed with the Bucks on a one-year deal after the Bucks' NBA championship in 2021. He then signed his largest contract as a pro in 2022, putting him in Milwaukee long-term. Now, at 30 years old, will Portis and the team partner again for a fourth time? It appears he wants that to happen.

"It’s going to be up in the air with how they maneuver the roster," Portis said. "It’s really going to be all on the organization with how they want to bring certain guys back. Not my decision whether they want to re-sign me. That’s so far down the line. … Right now, I don’t really know how it will go, how it will shake out. I’m standing in the now. I’m blessed. I love Milwaukee. I love playing here. It’s been fun playing basketball with this city and with this team. Hopefully, we can continue to run as we go on in the future. I don’t have that decision made or what it’s going to shake until after the (NBA) season is over."

Portis is set to become an unrestricted free agent next offseason.

Full Bobby Portis interview on FanDuel TV's Run it Back

Watch Bobby Portis on FanDuel TV's "Run it Back" with hosts Michelle Beadle and former NBA player Lou Williams. Portis not only talks about his future and Antetokounmpo's but also takeaways from the season, the Bucks' growing rivalry with the Pacers, what happened after Game 5 between Antetokounmpo and John Haliburton as well as the Packers' Bennedict Mathurin from his vantage point, the physicality of the playoffs and more.