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The latest updates on the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade situation feel more like confirmations of things we already knew and expected. Things have largely felt quiet on the Antetokounmpo front, and Adam Silver and the league are good with that — they would like to avoid a repeat of last year, when the news of Kevin Durant’s trade to Houston fell on the day of Game 7 of the NBA Finals and changed the conversation around the biggest game of the year.
Here’s the latest.
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Expect trade deal before NBA Draft
Bucks’ co-owner Jimmy Haslam had already said he wanted a decision on Antetokounmpo — whatever it may be — to be done before the June 23 NBA Draft. As is the case in the NBA (and professional sports in general), the owner usually gets what they want.
There is an increasing belief in league circles that the trade will fall before the NBA Draft, reports Jake Fischer and Marc Stein of The Stein Line. That report also says the Bucks want to wait until after the NBA Finals to secure a deal, just to see if another team wants to jump into the mix — ideally the Celtics, at least from Antetokounmpo’s and the Bucks’ perspective. However, Boston has shown no real signs of interest.
One clear sign that the Bucks’ plan to get this deal done before the draft: They are acting like a team that will have more than one high pick this year (they already have the No. 10 pick, their own), the report notes. It’s worth adding that the Miami Heat have the No. 13 pick in this draft, which brings us to another point from that same report.
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Miami remains frontrunner, Portland interested
Miami has been the clear frontrunner to land Giannis Antetokounmpo in a trade for some time and nothing has changed, reports Fischer and Stein. There are good reasons Miami is at the front of the pack, the pair notes.
• Antetokounmpo reportedly is open to going there (and because he only has one guaranteed season left on his contract, he has leverage in any trade by saying he will not sign an extension somewhere he does not want to be).
• The Heat are in the East, and Antetokounmpo reportedly wants to stay in the East.
• Miami…
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Publish date : 2026-06-10 16:58:00
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