The speculation around Giannis Antetokounmpo's status with the Milwaukee Bucks has been one of the biggest stories surrounding the NBA this season. While Antetokounmpo hasn't come out and said anything definitive about his desire to be traded from the Bucks to a possible title contender, there have been numerous reports from reports across the NBA that have said just as much.

However, the speculation and uncertainty can be a source of anxiety not only for fans of the Bucks, but for the Bucks themselves as they now have to play day-in and day-out with the idea that their star player will be leaving him in the back of their minds. 

When it comes to the media side of things, at least one prominent figure and former player himself is sick and tired of waiting for real news from Antetokounmpo's camp.  Kendrick Perkins addressed the wishy-washy news surrounding Antetokounmpo this season, and he didn't mince any words when it came to calling the Bucks star out. 

"Giannis is a coward. Let's just call a spade a spade," Perkins said (via NBA Retweet). "We wouldn't even be having these back and forths... He don't want to be there. He don't want to be there and it's okay. Instead of him just coming out and saying, 'Trade me. Trade me'... Publicly come out and say 'Trade me.' And stand on it."

Perkins wasn't coming from a place of thinking that concrete news would make things easier for Antetokounmpo or the Bucks it seems, but from a place of personal dissatisfaction with all of the drama. 

Still, even if Perkins clarified that he was speaking "respectfully" while calling out Antetokounmpo, he immediately started a war with his co-stars on how to handle the situation, including Richard Jefferson. 

"Who are we to tell him how to handle this?" Richard Jefferson said in response to Perkins. 

What followed was a heated back and forth between the two former players where they mostly repeated their points: Perkins saying he was tired of all the noise and Jefferson saying that Antetokounmpo had earned the right to privacy while handling his possible desire to leave the Bucks, considering everything he achieved with the team, including a NBA championship. 

Whatever comes of Antetokounmpo's possible desire to leave the team that drafted him, where he won two MVP awards, theres' still a lot of time before anything concrete can happen. The NBA trade deadline is Feb. 5, and all may be revealed depending on what happens by then.