The Bucks have been signaling to rival front offices and agents that they intend to have as many as three first-round picks in this year’s draft, Jake Fischer of The Stein Line reports within his latest Substack article.

Adding two more first-rounders to their current No. 10 selection would almost certainly mean trading Giannis Antetokounmpo, but it’s not necessarily seen as a foregone conclusion that the star forward will be on the move within the next several days, according to NBA insider Chris Haynes.

“The only reason we are talking about this ‘official’ deadline is because (Bucks co-owner Jimmy Haslam) came out and mentioned the draft,” Haynes said on the Deals and Dunks show on SiriusXM NBA Radio (Twitter audio link). “What I’m hearing (is) this could drag into free agency, this could drag on into July. So the Bucks are not operating as if (the draft) is the deadline. … I still do ultimately believe he will be moved this offseason, but I’m not as certain as I was before that it would be done before the draft.”

Waiting until July to trade Antetokounmpo could open up some new avenues for the Bucks and Giannis’ suitors. For instance, a Miami offer could include Andrew Wiggins if he picks up his $30.2MM player option by the June 29 deadline, as Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel observes (via Twitter).

However, waiting would also reduce the Bucks’ ability to target specific prospects in the 2026 draft. For example, while the Heat could still trade the player they draft at No. 13 as part of a package in July, that player won’t necessarily be the same one the Bucks would’ve chosen if they’d agreed to acquire the pick ahead of time.

In his Deals and Dunks spot, Haynes also said the possibility of Boston acquiring Antetokounmpo is not “as promising as we thought,” noting that the Celtics are still in the mix but that there’s “not a clear sign as of right now that (acquiring Giannis) is their number one objective.”

Here are a few trade rumors from around the NBA:

The Nets are believed to have some interest in Thunder wing Aaron Wiggins, according to Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints. If Oklahoma City needs to shed some salary for tax/apron reasons, Brooklyn would be a logical trade partner — the Nets are expected to operate with significant cap room and could easily accommodate Wiggins’ $9MM cap hit for 2026/27 without sending out any salary themselves.
Siegel describes the Bucks as one of the most aggressive teams on the trade market even outside of their talks involving Antetokounmpo, writing that Ryan Rollins appears to be the only player on Milwaukee’s roster that the front office isn’t exploring moving.
Multiple teams have been in touch with the Bulls to inquire about the No. 4 pick, and while Chicago has been willing to hear out those teams, there has been no indication that Bryson Graham and the front office are seriously entertaining the idea of moving down, Siegel says.
The Spurs are said to have interest in packaging some or all of their second-round picks (Nos. 35, 42, and 44) in order to move up in the second round or into the late first round, per Siegel. St. John’s forward Zuby Ejiofor, Iowa State forward Joshua Jefferson, and UConn forward Alex Karaban are among the prospects speculated to be targets for San Antonio, Siegel adds.