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There was a lot of speculation around the league that if Milwaukee was going to meet co-owner Jimmy Haslam’s self-imposed deadline of wrapping up the Giannis Antetokounmpo saga by the June 23 NBA Draft, it would happen this weekend (so the parties involved were fully prepared for draft night. Will that come to pass, or will the saga drag on (maybe past the draft and into free agency)? The ball is in the Bucks’ court.
Here are the latest rumors and reports around a Giannis Antetokounmpo trade.
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Bucks asking too high a price?
Milwaukee general manager Jon Horst understands the stakes: If the Bucks trade away the best player in franchise history, a two-time MVP and NBA Champion, it has to get back a haul. What comes back in this trade will define how long and painful the Bucks’ rebuild will be.
Does all that have the Bucks asking for too much? That’s what’s being reported by Jake Fischer at The Stein Line.
“The word that keeps coming back: ‘Unrealistic.’ The Bucks naturally want as much as they can if they’re parting with their Face of the Franchise, so what constitutes unrealistic? Sources say Milwaukee has been asking teams for returns that would leave any club acquiring Antetokounmpo too barren to contend for a championship.”
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Fischer used Minnesota as an example, saying it talked to Milwaukee about trade parameters at the February deadline, and when the Timberwolves revisited those talks in recent weeks, the Bucks were asking for even more.
Take a step back, and this sounds like Miami (and maybe Boston and others) trying to do a little negotiating through the press. The Bucks are rightfully pushing for as much as they can get in a trade, and the Heat and others are trying to get the best deal for themselves. Eventually, the sides will compromise and find a deal. Or they won’t.
Along those same lines, this is also why you keep hearing the names of other teams on the fringes of these talks — Minnesota and Orlando come to mind — being pushed. It’s not that those teams couldn’t seriously jump into the mix, but Milwaukee is trying to turn up the heat on a tepid trade market. Which brings us…
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Publish date : 2026-06-20 17:47:00
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