{"id":578077,"date":"2026-02-02T21:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/578077\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T21:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:03:14","slug":"warriors-making-strongest-pitch-for-giannis-antetokounmpo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/578077\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors Making Strongest Pitch For Giannis Antetokounmpo"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Warriors have been the most aggressive team in the Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> sweepstakes, league sources tell Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Siegel states that owner Joe Lacob and general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. agree that no player other than Stephen Curry<\/a> is off limits in a potential trade for the Bucks star. Siegel adds that Antetokounmpo is the Warriors\u2019 sole focus in their search for a roster upgrade before the trade deadline. If a deal can\u2019t be reached by Thursday, they plan to keep their most valuable assets and try again to land Antetokounmpo this summer.<\/p>\n

Sources also tell Siegel that the Bucks haven\u2019t turned down the Warriors\u2019 latest offer. He describes general manager\u00a0Jon Horst and Milwaukee\u2019s front office as \u201cfascinated\u201d with the chance to acquire a large parcel of Golden State\u2019s future assets. However, the Bucks\u2019 leadership is taking its time in reaching a decision, which isn\u2019t expected until the final 24 hours before the deadline.<\/p>\n

Siegel adds that if Antetokounmpo finishes out the season with the Bucks, it becomes far less likely that Jonathan Kuminga<\/a> will be dealt before the deadline. Golden State holds a $24.3MM option on Kuminga for 2026\/27 and he could be a valuable asset to keep for the offseason.<\/p>\n

Siegel hears that the Warriors also have some level of interest in Nets forward Michael Porter Jr.<\/a> and Pelicans wing Trey Murphy III<\/a>, but they aren\u2019t considered likely to trade for either player this week. Despite a slew of trade rumors, Siegel is skeptical that either player will be dealt prior to the deadline.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s an increasing chance that Draymond Green<\/a> rather than Jimmy Butler<\/a> might be part of an Antetokounmpo deal, Siegel writes, echoing recent<\/a> reporting<\/a>. He checked with sources close to trade talks over the weekend and states that he didn\u2019t get an \u201cemphatic no\u201d about Green\u2019s possible inclusion. A rival executive suggested Green could be agreeable to that scenario while planning to turn down his $27.6MM player option for next season and return to a much stronger Warriors team in free agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, without Jimmy, the Warriors aren\u2019t getting to the NBA Finals, even if they added Giannis right now,\u201d the executive told Siegel. \u201cIf you leverage Draymond and get more assets, you can pull off the biggest blockbuster and leave these other teams wanting Giannis scrambling for answers. There is no doubt in my mind there are those who would immediately offer a first-round pick for Draymond to make a title push right now. I 100 percent believe there are teams who would essentially help the Warriors get Giannis if it meant they got Green for the next three or four months to pursue a title.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Warriors have been the most aggressive team in the Giannis Antetokounmpo sweepstakes, league sources tell Brett Siegel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,200,123,313,867,562,4203],"class_list":["post-578077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-basketball","tag-draymond-green","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-jimmy-butler","tag-jonathan-kuminga","tag-michael-porter-jr","tag-trey-murphy"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116003066172989174","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578077","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=578077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}