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Only 82 left! Antetokounmpo is facing a god-level milestone, Duncan failed to do it, and Jokic is difficult to achieve it

7:08pm, 5 August 2025【Basketball】

The NBA is in the offseason, with 30 teams planning and actively preparing for the new season. Each team has its own big goals, and each player also has its own small goals! For example, the Nuggets, Clippers, Rockets, Knicks and other giant teams in the east and west have spent money to sign ups and decided to defeat the defending champion Thunder. For example, after executing the player option of 52.63 million US dollars in the last year, James' total salary in his career reached 584 million US dollars, setting a new record for his NBA. At the same time, James is only 51 games away from being able to surpass Parrish (1,611 games) to become the player with the most games in NBA history. The Milwaukee Bucks have the Greek monster Antetokounmpo. Behind the team's crazy series of operations during the offseason is helplessness, and Antetokounmpo is still evaluating the future.

Last season, the Bucks suffered from injuries and running-in, with only 48 wins and 34 losses, ranking fifth in the Eastern Conference, but were swept out by the Pacers' gentleman 1-4 in the first round of the playoffs, losing his wife and losing his troops. Lillard suffered a serious injury from a torn Achilles tendon. In a sense, the powerful Pacers are like a demon mirror, illuminating the Bucks' riddled holes, and Antetokounmpo is the only fig leaf. Antetokounmpo played in 67 regular season games, averaging 30.4 points + 11.9 rebounds + 6.5 assists + 1.2 blocks, with a shooting percentage of 60.1%. In five games in the playoffs, Antetokounmpo averaged 33 points + 15.4 rebounds + 6.6 assists + 1 steal + 1 block, with a shooting percentage of 60.6%.

Antesco is in his year of playing and has lofty ambitions. The Bucks dare not be careless at all. After the free agent trading market opened, the Bucks took action wildly, which made people stunned - buying out Lillard's last two-year contract of $113 million, and signing Pacers center Turner for $109 million in four years. Not only that, the Bucks also completed multiple signings for bargain prices, Prince spent 2 years 7.12 million US dollars, Portis for 3 years 43.6 million US dollars, Harris for 2 years 7.45 million US dollars, Porter for 2 years 10.52 million US dollars, Anthony for 2 years 2 years 2.67 million US dollars, Himes for 2 years 2 years 5.26 million US dollars, Rollins for 3 years 12 million US dollars, and Livingston for 2 years 2.3 million US dollars. In the words of fans, the NBA League office should strictly investigate whether there are unknown secrets behind the Bucks signings.

Even so, the Bucks' prospects are not favored by the outside world. In the words of US media, Antetokounmpo is the only one, and it is difficult for him to lead this old and broken team out of the East. According to a famous NBA reporter Shams, sources revealed that there is no conclusion at present whether Antetokounmpo will leave or stay in the Bucks. He will continue to evaluate his future. He is open to whether he is most suitable to stay in the Bucks or go to other teams through trades. The implication is that the Bucks have tried their best to please Antetokounmpo to keep Antetokounmpo, but whether Antetokounmpo is satisfied with these operations of the Bucks is another matter. Not only that, Shams also revealed the news that the Bucks did not consult Antetokounmpo in advance when making crazy behaviors such as Lillard, cutting Lillard, and signing Turner.

I don't know if Antetokounmpo has participated in these operations of the Bucks in advance, but one thing is certain that Antetokounmpo's staying behind the Bucks may be more in line with the current interests of the current situation. At the same time, Antetokounmpo is about to usher in a god-level milestone. According to statistics from the NBA official website, Antetokounmpo is currently the Bucks' scoring champion (20538), rebounding champion (8530), assist king (4288) and block king (1064). He is only 82 away from the team's steal king (1042 steals from Quinn Buckner). In other words, Antetokounmpo only needs to get another 82 steals to become the second player in NBA history to monopolize five statistics. Looking at NBA history, only Timberwolves legend Garnett has accomplished such a feat, ranking first in the team history in 19,201 points + 10,718 rebounds + 4,216 assists + 1315 steals + 1,590 blocks. How difficult is it to accomplish this feat? Take Duncan, the most powerful forward in NBA history, for example, who has played for the Spurs for 19 seasons, with three statistics: scoring (26496), rebounding (15091), and blocking (3020), ranking first in the team history, assists (4225) only ranked third in the team history, and steals (1025) only ranked fifth in the team history. Looking at the NBA today, no one except Antetokounmpo can accomplish such a feat. Take Jokic, who is known as the most versatile inside player in the NBA for example, rebounds (8141) and assists (5383) are already ranked first in the team history. Scoring (16210) is easy to complete from team history scoring king Inglish (21645), stealing (949) is only one step away from team history stealing king Laiwo (1167), and blocking shots (536) is still a 100,000-mile difference from team history blocking Uncle Mu (1486). Considering Jokic's average of 0.9 blocks per game in his career, it is difficult for him to surpass Uncle Mu even if he plays for another 10 seasons. Monopolying the five-status king in team history is almost an impossible task for Jokic.

For Antetokounmpo, he has won many awards such as MVP, championship, and FMVP. The 5 statistics king in the history of monopoly may be just a footnote to his writing of the legend of one person, one city in the Milwaukee Bucks. Antetokounmpo once said: I want to win, and if there is a better chance to compete for the championship, I must seize it. I don’t deny that once Antetokounmpo decides to stay in the team, many teams in the league will pursue it, but then again, any team will probably have to tear down half of the team to get Antetokounmpo. Who can guarantee that Antetokounmpo will be closer to the championship if it leaves the Bucks? Instead of being in Cao's camp and being in Han, it is better to continue writing the legend of one person and one city in a down-to-earth manner. This is the real heroism! Fans, what do you think about this? Let me leave me a comment and discuss it!