Report: Giannis' Future with Bucks Could Hinge on 2020 NBA Finals Run

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo's season is over after the Toronto Raptors eliminated his team in the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday.

Although the year ended in disappointment, the 24-year-old led his team to a league-best 60-22 record and will almost assuredly win the NBA MVP award.

The Bucks now turn to the future, which involves efforts to lock up Antetokounmpo on a long-term contract. He has only two years left on his deal, but the Bucks can offer him a supermax contract projected to be worth $247 million over five years, per ESPN's Bobby Marks.

The issue is whether Antetokounmpo will accept it. As ESPN.com's Malika Andrews noted, Antetokounmpo loves Milwaukee, but a 2020 NBA Finals run may be needed as a kicker to convince him to stay:

"Antetokounmpo has consistently made public proclamations of his love for Milwaukee, as he grew up and became acclimated to American culture in Cream City after moving from Greece. Antetokounmpo adores the Bucks medical staff. His mother moved to Milwaukee. But he is all about winning. In more concrete terms, a source close to Antetokounmpo said that getting to the NBA Finals is not just an ambition, it could tip the scales as he weighs his contractual future.

"And if they can reach the NBA Finals next season, the Bucks can improve their chances of signing Antetokounmpo to the supermax in the summer of 2020."

Antetokounmpo abruptly left his postgame presser Saturday after Andrews asked a question to him and Khris Middleton regarding the team's experience:

The Bucks have a murky future ahead with Malcolm Brogdon and Brook Lopez entering free agency and Middleton doing the same if he turns down his 2019-20 player option. Milwaukee may not be able to climb back near the mountaintop so easily.

It'll be hard for Milwaukee to keep all three players, but retaining two isn't impossible to fathom. The Bucks have a lot of money coming off the ledger in 2020-21 and are only locked into Eric Bledsoe past that season, per HoopsHype.

On the flip side, Milwaukee could reach its first NBA Finals since 1974 even if it does lose some talent given the Eastern Conference's potentially weakened state.

Only five teams finished with better than a 42-40 record this year, and only three won more than 50 games. The Raptors were one of those teams but could potentially lose superstar forward Kawhi Leonard in free agency.

Meanwhile, the 51-31 Philadelphia 76ers might be without Jimmy Butler and Tobias Harris, although having All-Stars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons is a nice fallback plan.

The Boston Celtics just finished off a disappointing season and could have an entirely different look next year, especially with All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving and center Al Horford free to head elsewhere.

If a 2020 NBA Finals run does impact Antetokounmpo's Bucks future, then Milwaukee may be just fine. The Bucks have to handle some other business in the interim, however, starting with the players about to come off the books.