US EditionKurtenbach: The Big Thing Everyone Seems to Ignore in the Giannis-Warriors Trade Conversation
Bucks consider offers from multiple NBA teams for Giannis Antetokounmpo amid poor season and injury, with potential trade timing debated between deadline and summer.
- On Thursday, the Milwaukee Bucks are weighing trade offers for Giannis Antetokounmpo ahead of next Thursday's deadline, as he reportedly wants a trade despite no formal request.
- Market conditions show that the league trade market is constrained at the deadline, limiting the quality of immediate offers, according to report rankings of four realistic deadline packages.
- Golden State could top offers with multiple future first-round picks and swap rights, including Jonathan Kuminga and unwanted contracts while delivering valuable draft capital.
- Given the stakes, the GM faces a market-constrained package, with Giannis sidelined until March, making a trade with long-term implications the top priority.
- Waiting until the summer would allow Milwaukee to pit the team's offer against a league-wide bidding war as dozens of draft picks become tradeable and teams exiting the playoffs enter the market, experts say.
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Kurtenbach: The big thing everyone seems to ignore in the Giannis-Warriors trade conversation
In the breathless, 24-hour cycle of NBA trade rumors, it’s easy to lose the plot. We obsess over the player, the potential destination, the salary cap math, and the hypothetical basketball implications. But in the current mania surrounding Giannis Antetokounmpo, everyone seems to be missing the forest for the trees. We are so busy asking where Giannis wants to go and bandying about how much the Golden State Warriors need him now, that we’ve forg…
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