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The Milwaukee Bucks are “open for business” and more seriously considering trade offers for Giannis Antetokounmpo than they have at any point in the past. The general league consensus is that the two-time MVP’s future plans will be decided by the June 23 NBA Draft, because a pick or picks in this year’s draft could be in play.
So where do things stand now? Here are some of the latest reports and news around Antetokounmpo and a possible trade.
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Wembanyama’s rise increases Antetokounmpo’s value
Anyone watching these NBA playoffs realizes we are officially at the start of the Victor Wembanyama era in the NBA, and for the next decade (at least) any team that wants to make a serious run at a title has to think in terms of how to counter what Wemby does. If that’s possible.
Enter Antetokounmpo, one of the few players with the physical and athletic profile to be a potential counter to Wemby on both ends of the floor. Playoff or contending teams that may have been hesitant to give up too much to get a 31-year-old with a lengthy injury history who expects a max extension after the trade, suddenly look at him as a potential option as they plan for Wembanyama. From Sam Amick of The Athletic:
“Yeah, Giannis is a matchup solution for Wemby, so I could definitely see teams factoring that in when they’re discussing trading for him,” one of the Western Conference executives said.
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Which ties neatly into our next topic…
Minnesota to be as “aggressive as possible” this summer
While the Timberwolves had some legitimate issues — Anthony Edwards playing through a knee injury, Donte DiVincenzo being out, Father Time catching up with Mike Conley, Julius Randle just not being good enough in the series — you can be sure their front office came out of the team’s six-game second-round loss to the Spurs thinking they need to make serious changes to compete in future years with San Antonio and Oklahoma City.
“We know our competition is not going to sit still, and nor will we,” Minnesota president of basketball operations Tim Connelly said at his end-of-season press conference, via the Associated…
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