The time has come. After years of speculation, and months of exhausting will he/won’t he around Giannis Antetokounmpo’s future with the Bucks, Milwaukee is open for business , according to ESPN’s Shams Charania . Sunday’s NBA draft lottery made official exactly where the league’s 30 teams stand entering next month’s draft. The NBA combine is getting underway in Chicago this week. And now, the Bucks are ready to embark on their post-Giannis future. Of course, the two-time league MVP will have a say in where he goes. He will certainly want to head somewhere where he can immediately compete for an NBA title, something that has become clear he cannot do in Milwaukee any longer. It has also been reported by The Athletic and others that he prefers to stay in the Eastern Conference , where he has played his entire career. Antetokounmpo also has leverage in that he enters the 2026–27 season on an expiring contract (with a $62.8 million player option for ’27–28).…