{"id":40887,"date":"2025-05-18T10:24:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T10:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/40887\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T10:24:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T10:24:24","slug":"brian-windhorst-says-golden-state-warriors-could-trade-for-giannis-antetokounmpo-on-one-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/40887\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Windhorst says Golden State Warriors could trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo, on one condition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Golden State Warriors are one of the many teams that are interested in the Giannis Antetokounmpo sweepstakes.<\/p>\n<p>Since the news came out that <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> would be interested in a move away from the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/milwaukee-bucks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a>, multiple teams have entered trade talks for him.<\/p>\n<p>After losing in the second round of the playoffs, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/golden-state-warriors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golden State Warriors<\/a> have  also been thrown into the mix of <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/ranking-the-top-five-trade-destinations-for-giannis-antetokounmpo-if-he-decides-to-leave-the-milwaukee-bucks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiple teams that could be trade destinations for Antetokounmpo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although the two-time MVP expressed his interest in leaving, he still has two years left on his Bucks contract.<\/p>\n<p>However, ESPN\u2019s Brian Windhorst has confirmed the trade could very much happen, but under one condition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Photo by Ezra Shaw\/Getty Images\" width=\"941\" height=\"627\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2064877778-941x627.jpg\" \/>Photo by Ezra Shaw\/Getty ImagesWarriors have the assets to trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/stephen-curry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steph Curry<\/a>\u2018s injury made it very difficult for the Warriors to win in the second round against the Timberwolves.<\/p>\n<p>This has led to reports emerging of the team going into the offseason, trying to make trades for players that can make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>They have the players that they can use in a trade, but the Dubs will need Antetokounmpo to be on board if they are to bring him to Bay Area, according to Windhorst.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cCould they trade for Giannis? Yes. But the only way I see it is if Giannis says \u2018I am only going there\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the Bucks could play hardball, they don\u2019t have to do it because he\u2019s got two years left on his contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can\u2019t win a bidding war,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Bontemps also made a strong point on the Warriors having the assets needed for Antetokounmpo.<\/p>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/los-angeles-lakers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LA Lakers<\/a> are another team who might be interested in the Bucks star, he believes they do not have a deal that could help them land him.<\/p>\n<p>Bontemps said: \u201cThe Warriors have several first round picks, they have Jonathan Kuminga, they have Brandon Podziemski, you can concoct a trade of a bunch of assets, who knows they could put Jimmy in a trade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain, they have a bunch of things they could do,\u201d before pointing out that the Lakers do not.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Giannis Antetokounmpo could be a great fit with the Warriors<\/p>\n<p>Antetokounmpo is one of the most consistent players in the NBA, who has averaged over 30 points three seasons in a row now.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his dominance, the Bucks have struggled in the playoffs, with no trips outside the first round for three years.<\/p>\n<p>Antetokounmpo has been clear he wants to compete for championships, but the Bucks recent struggles have led to him slowly losing faith in the franchise\u2019s ability to help him get to his second ring.<\/p>\n<p>They do not have a roster that is strong enough to compete, and are also very limited in assets.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the Warriors are a side that is stacked with players like Curry and Jimmy Butler leading the way for them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/golden-state-warriors-have-an-alarming-issue-around-jimmy-butler-steph-curry-duo-steve-kerr-has-to-find-solution\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Kerr will have to find a way to get the duo playing together<\/a>, but even with that, an addition of a star like Antetokounmpo seems important.<\/p>\n<p>They will have to trade their young players like <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/jonathan-kuminga\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Kuminga<\/a> and Brandon Podziemski, but even after that, having Curry alongside the Greek Freak will make the Dubs championship favorites.<\/p>\n<p>A deal is going to be a tough to negotiate, as the Bucks will want a big haul for their star, but if the Warriors manage to pair him alongside Curry, they could do something special as both players have the ability to win games all by themselves.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Golden State Warriors are one of the many teams that are interested in the Giannis Antetokounmpo sweepstakes.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[7,2949,123,479,164,4025,4024,121,6,255],"class_list":{"0":"post-40887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golden-state-warriors","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brian-windhorst","10":"tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","11":"tag-golden-state","12":"tag-golden-state-warriors","13":"tag-goldenstate","14":"tag-goldenstatewarriors","15":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","16":"tag-nba","17":"tag-warriors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114528351955910792","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}