{"id":573525,"date":"2026-01-31T19:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/573525\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T19:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T19:31:18","slug":"new-giannis-trade-rumors-on-warriors-talks-jimmy-butler-blazers-at-2026-nba-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/573525\/","title":{"rendered":"New Giannis Trade Rumors on Warriors Talks, Jimmy Butler, Blazers at 2026 NBA Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Golden State Warriors <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25378618-latest-giannis-trade-rumors-warriors-pursuit-steph-curry-untouchable-players-nba-talks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">appear to be<\/a> one of the most serious suitors for Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo, but a deal to land the two-time MVP may have to involve one of the team&#8217;s beloved veterans. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Per NBA insiders <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/marcstein.substack.com\/p\/saturday-morning-confidential-the?utm_campaign=email-post&amp;r=3shtjf&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Jake Fischer<\/a> <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/marcstein.substack.com\/p\/saturday-morning-confidential-the?utm_campaign=email-post&amp;r=3shtjf&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">and Marc Stein<\/a>, a deal for Antetokounmpo &#8220;is unlikely to involve Jimmy Butler&#8217;s contract&#8221; after his season-ending torn ACL. That could mean Draymond Green would replace Butler in a trade for financial purposes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;It has long been assumed that a credible Golden State offer would have to include Green or Butler for salary-matching purposes,&#8221; Fischer wrote. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">With the Warriors stuck deciding whether they&#8217;re willing to part ways with Green if it means landing Antetokounmpo, another West Coast team reportedly has emerged. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">According to Fischer and Stein, the Portland Trail Blazers have &#8220;expressed&#8221; interest in landing Antetokounmpo. Fischer noted that the Blazers&#8217; interest comes with the understanding that &#8220;it would be an extreme longshot to convince Giannis to sign a contract extension that keeps him in the Pacific Northwest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The duo added that Antetokounmpo has &#8220;maintained a closeness&#8221; with Blazers&#8217; vets Damian Lillard and Jrue Holiday, both former Bucks point guards. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">If Portland is unable to land Antetokounmpo, the report noted that the team could participate &#8220;in such a deal as a facilitator to snag an impact veteran (or two) as part of a multi-team trade structure.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">One such veteran could be New York Knicks swingman Mikal Bridges, according to Fischer and Stein, and the Knicks may be interested in Holiday as a way to help lure Antetokounmpo to New York. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Golden State Warriors appear to be one of the most serious suitors for Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[7,103,102,121,3871,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-573525","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-milwaukee-bucks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bucks","10":"tag-milwaukee","11":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","12":"tag-milwaukeebucks","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115991379044519718","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573525","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=573525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}