Giannis Antetokounmpo was not part of the wild trade deadline that moved stars such as Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis, Jimmy Butler, De'aaron Fox and Brandon Ingram.
But will Milwaukee superstars, and the Nets' top target, be able to move this summer?
Flexibility has become a top priority for reconstructed nets. They stocked up on those chips to at least make the choice to push them into the center of the table, at least whenever it was a big bet. And there are few bets larger than the “Greek Freak.” ESPN Report You can ask if the Bucks continue to be disappointed.
“You have to settle down and position yourself so that you can have that opportunity,” Nets general manager Sean Marks told the Post earlier this season. “We're going to give ourselves the best chance to do that. Well, who and when, that's TBD.”
This post has long reported that Antetokounmpo is a Nets-like white whale. And while the previous MVP hasn't asked from Milwaukee or given no indication that he would want to play for the net if he did, league officials would have made it available. I'm preparing for it.
After Don Sic was left unsettled by being shipped to the Lakers, AntetoCompo responded: This is what I want. This is my dream. ”
Then, during the All-Star break last weekend, he spoke to Cosmote TV, the Greek NBA rights holder, about what he was dealt with hypothetically. When the idea came up to be traded with the Pistons, he put out a long “noooo” and said, “At least Luca went from Dallas to Los Angeles. Why are you sending me to Detroit?”
After that, Antetokounmpo said, “The NBA is a business. …When you receive a text from the general manager, [Jon Horst]I share the news with my family, and I go to my work. I'm paying good money to do this job. I'll go where they think they need me. ”
Asked if he would text Horst for trade, Antetokounmpo replied. [and ask for a trade]. I'm not this kind of guy. They have to kick me out. ”
That doesn't seem likely. But that was the case with Kevin Durant forcing him to move out of Brooklyn. Preparing for unlikely people is the job of NBA GM. At least it's good.
The Mavericks reportedly contacted Milwaukee about Antetocompo at deadline before handling Davis. Others will certainly be back in the summer. If Marks wasn't among them, it would be shocking.
He collected the league's most future draft picks (31) and most first rounds (16).
There are fewer things more shocking than Antetokounmpo. Mark watched him hit the net in the 2021 Eastern Conference semi-finals heading for the title. The star dropped 50 in the finals above the Suns.
However, after the exit and first Oster of the last two years of the next season and the next season, among NBA staff, they put the Bucks on the watch to prove that Antetokounmpo can become a championship team. There is speculation that it can be done.
“We all know that Giannis Antetokounmpo loves the Bucks, but I tell you he's here, he loves winning more,” Shams Charania told ESPN. “That's why we know that everyone in that Bucks organization is at risk: pressure.”
“Every summer, when Giannis looks around and sees the Bucks roster, he sees a sustained, long-term victory and where he can find it. And he says that in Milwaukee it's already If he feels he can't achieve it, he says he'll see elsewhere on the record and hears it.”
