US EditionAntetokounmpo Says This Meeting with the Knicks Meant More, Though Not because of Trade Speculation
The Bucks and Knicks continue exploring a trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo amid contract timelines and roster strategies, with talks ongoing since the offseason, sources say.
- Earlier this year, the New York Knicks and Milwaukee Bucks discussed a blockbuster trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo but failed to get close, and now the Bucks will host the Knicks for the first time since those rumors.
- Giannis Antetokounmpo is two years from free agency, while Milwaukee agreed to pay more than $100 million to Damian Lillard and signed Myles Turner amid roster uncertainty.
- Antetokounmpo is up to 42.82 with a usage rate of 36.1%, while the New York Knicks have increased passes per game from 281.2 to 309.3 this year.
- Early in the season, both the New York Knicks and Milwaukee Bucks are reasonably happy and prefer to let the year play out organically while the Knicks believe they can make the Finals without Giannis Antetokounmpo with their win-now roster and New York City market.
- Multiple scenarios remain for Giannis Antetokounmpo and Milwaukee Bucks, and if the Bucks sense things going awry they could act early to retain control since a trade might make sense one day.
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Antetokounmpo says this meeting with the Knicks meant more, though not because of trade speculation
Giannis Antetokounmpo acknowledged the Milwaukee Bucks’ first meeting of the season with the New York Knicks meant more to him than a typical regular-season game.
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MILWAUKEE — Doc Rivers wasn’t here for the headlines. Not the speculation, not the subtext, and certainly not the notion that the Bucks spent their summer worrying about Giannis Antetokounmpo’s rumored interest in New York. “No, I think you guys [in New York] had a lot of drama,” Rivers said before Tuesday’s matchup against the Knicks. “We had none. That’s actual factual.” Antetokounmpo reportedly met with Bucks general manager Jon Horst during …
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MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo acknowledged the Milwaukee Bucks’ first meeting with the New York Knicks meant more to him than a typical regular-season game. But the two-time MVP said it had nothing to do with a pre-season report suggesting New York was Antetokounmpo’s preferred destination if he were to request a trade from the Bucks. He said it instead was about changing the Bucks’ recent history of frustration in this series. “For sure, it…
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