Giannis’s New York Interest Comes With the Knicks at a High Point

Adding Antetokounmpo would make the Knicks, who just beat defending champ Boston in the playoffs, all the more formidable in the East next season.

Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks during a playoff game against the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis on April 29, 2025. Justin Casterline/Getty Images

Giannis Antetokounmpo wants to be the biggest star in the nation’s biggest city, and it couldn’t come at a better time for the New York Knicks.

His New York interest surfaced on May 17 when he was asked to name his “favorite city to play in on the road,” and he answered “New York.” If the longtime Milwaukee Bucks 6-foot-11 star forward gets traded to the Big Apple, he will join a Knicks franchise fresh off at least an Eastern Conference Finals appearance.