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We are four days out from the NBA Draft, when a lot of trades are expected to go down — including the biggest one on the board — and just 11 days out from the start of free agency. The NBA Rumor Mill could not be spinning faster. Here are just some of the latest headlines.
It has long been assumed that Portland will end up being the third team in a Giannis Antetokounmpo trade to the Miami Heat — and that trade remains the clear frontrunner if the Bucks are going to meet co-owner Jimmy Haslam’s self-imposed deadline of having the Antetokounmpo situation wrapped up by the NBA Draft (June 23). Portland makes sense because they have some of Milwaukee’s future first-round picks that the Bucks would like back.
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However, we should “monitor” the Pistons in those talks as a third team, reports Marc Stein of The Stein Line.
Detroit is on the hunt for a secondary shot creator and shooter to put next to Cade Cunningham and Tyler Herro would be a perfect fit. Herro has long been projected to head to Milwaukee in an Antetokounmpo trade. In this scenario, the Bucks would flip Herro to Detroit, and Detroit would likely send back picks and potentially players such as Ron Holland, Marcus Sasser or Caris LeVert.
Other players the Pistons might chase if they miss out on Herro (or the Lakers’ Austin Reaves, another target) are the Hornets’ Coby White, Oklahoma City’s Isaiah Joe, and Sacramento’s Zach LaVine, according to Stein.
To be clear: Miami remains the frontrunner to land Giannis Antetokounmpo if the Bucks stick to their plan to have this saga wrapped up by the draft.
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However, if the Heat strike out on the Greek Freak, keep an eye on them going after Kawhi Leonard or Ja Morant, something first reported by Jake Fischer at The Stein Line and now backed up by Sam Amick at The Athletic.
The problem here is that Kawhi Leonard isn’t available. At least not right now. Reports out of Southern California suggest team owner Steve Ballmer is opposed to trading Leonard, and owners generally get their way. Ballmer wants to work out a contract extension that keeps Leonard home in LA. That said, two things could…
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