“After this day, July 14, please, please, please do me this favor, so I can be better, I can be a better player, I can bring this city a championship. Please don’t call me MVP. Listen, listen, listen, listen. Please, after this day, don’t call me MVP until I win it again next year.”

The 24-year-old averaged 27.7 points, 12.5 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 1.5 blocks and 1.3 steals per game last season. 

The Bucks finished the regular season 60–22 and fell to the eventual NBA champion Raptors in six games in the Eastern Conference finals.

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