Giannis Antetokounmpo, the worst shareholder? The NBA is facing a new gray area
“Everyone’s online. The internet is full of opinions. I decided it was time to make my own. Today I’m joining Kalshi as a shareholder. Now we’re all on Kalshi.”
SO that he ended up staying in Milwaukee after the trade deadline, Giannis Antetokounmpo just announced an astonishing partnership with Kalshi, competitive predictive market de Polimarket ou Myriad.
The obvious question is whether this leads to a conflict of interest, when Kalshi proposes to bet on everything, especially in the field of sports, and until recently he proposed to “bet” at the next destination of the “Greek Stranger”. The latest NBA collective bargaining agreement allows players to advertise for sports betting companies, as long as it doesn’t involve the NBA, WNBA or G-League. Players can also hold up to 1% stake in these companies as passive investors.
Adam Silver still under pressure
Except that prediction markets are not considered betting companies in the very flexible United States legislation, but financial trading platforms.
So it looks like we’re in a gray area, and he is also engaged in hand knocking in certain states that want to treat these prediction markets as betting companies, even if Kalshi assures “As an active NBA player, Giannis Antetokounmpo will not be eligible to invest in NBA-related markets, in accordance with Calci’s strict terms of service that prohibit insider trading and market manipulation”.
Still, the Greek investment will certainly make the NBA think about this type of partnership, while no player has yet directly invested in prediction markets, even if Kevin Durant did so indirectly, through an investment fund he created with his financial partner Rich Kleiman.
Something to test again Adam Silverwhich recurred after questionable cases of betting Jontai Porter or Terry Rozier that performance manipulation was “capital sin” in the NBA.
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | The team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Ft | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2013-14 | MIL | 77 | 24:38 | 41.4 | 34.7 | 68.3 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| 2014-15 | MIL | 81 | 31:22 | 49.1 | 15.9 | 74.1 | 1.2 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 12.7 |
| 2015-16 | MIL | 80 | 35:17 | 50.6 | 25.7 | 72.4 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 7.7 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 16.9 |
| 2016-17 | MIL | 80 | 36:58 | 52.1 | 27.2 | 77.0 | 1.8 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 5.4 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 22.9 |
| 2017-18 | MIL | 75 | 36:45 | 52.9 | 30.7 | 76.0 | 2.1 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 26.9 |
| 2018-19 | MIL | 72 | 10:45 p.m | 57.8 | 25.6 | 72.9 | 2.2 | 10.3 | 12.5 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 27.7 |
| 2019-20 | MIL | 63 | 30:26 | 55.3 | 30.4 | 63.3 | 2.2 | 11.4 | 13.6 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 29.5 |
| 2020-21 | MIL | 61 | 11:00 p.m | 56.9 | 30.3 | 68.5 | 1.6 | 9.4 | 11.0 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 28.1 |
| 2021-22 | MIL | 67 | 32:54 | 55.3 | 29.3 | 72.2 | 2.0 | 9.6 | 11.6 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 29.9 |
| 2022-23 | MIL | 63 | 32:08 | 55.3 | 27.5 | 64.5 | 2.2 | 9.6 | 11.8 | 5.7 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 31.1 |
| 2023-24 | MIL | 73 | 35:10 | 61.1 | 27.4 | 65.7 | 2.7 | 8.8 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 30.4 |
| 2024-25 | MIL | 67 | 34:10 | 60.1 | 22.2 | 61.7 | 2.2 | 9.7 | 11.9 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 30.4 |
| 2025-26 | MIL | 30 | 29:12 | 64.5 | 39.5 | 65.8 | 2.8 | 7.2 | 10.0 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 28.0 |
How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.
2026-02-07 09:14:00
