The Milwaukee Bucks are seeking trade offers for star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania.
The Bucks were in Antetokounmpo trade talks before February’s deadline but decided to stand pat and push discussions into the offseason. Milwaukee is reportedly expected to hold firm on its previous asking price of a young blue-chip player and/or a surplus of draft capital.
However, the Bucks are also open to making a major trade to acquire talent that could convince Antetokounmpo to remain with the franchise, Charania reports. The team holds the No. 10 selection in June’s draft.
Co-owner Jimmy Haslam said last week that “before the draft is a natural time” to sort out Antetokounmpo’s future. “Because if Giannis does play somewhere else, we’ve got to have a lot of assets. That’s (general manager Jon Horst’s) job to do. And if he’s here, then you build the team differently.”
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