This is more than just the cap situation. This is a signal.

This means that the bucks are ready to have a superstar, and they believe in Giannis. They believe that Giannis is going to stay. A normally ultra-cheap, ultra-conservative organization is ready to win a championship.

And the fact that the superstar they are doing this for is Giannis makes even more sense. Giannis is from Athens, Greece. He's a foreign player. NYC and LA aren't sentimental to him like they are to American players. It's the same reason Parker and Ginobli stayed with in San Antonio for 15 years.

Put yourself in his shoes. If you were playing basketball in Patras, Greece for $25 million a year, and you like Patras, but then you got the opportunity to go to Athens, Greece and play for the same salary. Would you take it? ... Fucking of course not. Neither of those cities have any sentimental value to you.