NBA fans roast Shams Charania after a Giannis burger
On Thursday, ESPN NBA Insider Shams Charania announced that The Milwaukee Bucks wouldn’t be a trading star Giannis Antetokounmpo in front this year’s deadline. The announcement comes after months of speculation, with many fans and pundits seeing the writing on the wall amid a difficult 2025-26 season in Milwaukee.
Over the past few weeks, Charania has posted several times on X, formerly Twitter, about the Bucks’ reported openness to trading their disgruntled former league MVP, and now that nothing has happened on that front, fans in the comments section are having a field day at the ESPN reporter’s expense.
“So all those tweets were for nothing? bring back Voj,” one fan wrote, referring to former ESPN NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarovski.
“How much did this hurt you tweeting? You’ve been pushing the Giannis trade for years,” joked another.
Meanwhile, Bucks fans were enjoying the chaos.
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— Bucks Lead (@BucksLead) February 5, 2026
Indeed, it wasn’t the finest hour for Charania, who seemed to indicate on several occasions in recent weeks that a trade was all but inevitable on the Antetokounmpo front.
Now fans are wondering what’s next for the Bucks, with Antetokounmpo currently out with a calf strain, though the team hasn’t necessarily been impressive even when he’s been on the floor.
The Bucks would be completely out of the postseason right now if the season ended today, and there is speculation that they could opt to sit Antetokounmpo out for the rest of the year in hopes of securing a good draft pick, even though he will get less than his selection and the New Orleans Pelicans.
It’s also possible the Bucks are simply waiting until the summer to trade their star, when teams will be able to make more lucrative offers.
In any case, Charania might be more hesitant about the posts he makes in the future.
2026-02-05 17:52:00
