On Wednesday night, the Golden State Warriors [finally] traded Jonathan Kuminga alongside Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks for Kristaps Porzingis. As one of the three finalists in the pursuit of Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, many were wondering if this move takes them out of the running and the answer to that might differ, depending who you ask.
The Warriors, however, made that move, (and subsequently, Trayce Jackson-Davis to the Toronto Raptors for a second round pick), because they seem to think there won’t be a resolution with Antetokounmpo until the offseason, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.
“The Warriors pursuit of Giannis Antetokounmpo after a week is over. They have moved on, clearly, with these moves, but my understanding is the Warriors made a pick-heavy offer last week, continued to have conversations going into this week with the Bucks, but they came to the belief over the last 24 hours that the Bucks were not going to be moving their two-time MVP at this trade deadline,” Charania said. “We’ll see if that holds true over the next 24 hours, but they decided they were going to move forward here.”