With three days to go before the NBA trade deadline, the market for Giannis Antetokounmpo has started to progress as the Milwaukee Bucks have submitted counteroffers to teams aggressively seeking a deal for the two-time MVP, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Monday.<\/p>\n
Having been resistant to the idea of trading Antetokounmpo throughout his career in Milwaukee, the Bucks have now shifted to actively engaging with a few teams concerning a potential league-altering trade.<\/p>\n
The Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves, Golden State Warriors and New York Knicks are among the most active suitors for a deal before the deadline, sources told ESPN.<\/p>\n
The Bucks (18-29) dropped a fifth consecutive game with Sunday’s blowout loss to the Boston Celtics, falling to 12th in the Eastern Conference. To part with the team’s franchise player, Milwaukee is seeking a young blue-chip talent and\/or a surplus of draft picks in exchange, sources told ESPN.<\/p>\n
Antetokounmpo has informed the Bucks for months that he believes the time has come to part ways after 12-plus years together, sources told ESPN.<\/p>\n
He has played 30 games this season, averaging 28.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 5.6 assists on 64% shooting. He is currently sidelined with a right calf injury that he estimated would keep him out for four to six weeks. The Bucks did not release an official timeline for his return.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee will begin a three-game homestand this week, with games against Chicago and New Orleans\u00a0ahead of Thursday’s 3 p.m. ET deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With three days to go before the NBA trade deadline, the market for Giannis Antetokounmpo has started to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[7,103,70518,102,121,70519,3871,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-578268","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-giannis-antetokounmpo-sports-basketball-player-player-statscom-739957","11":"tag-milwaukee","12":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","13":"tag-milwaukee-bucks-sports-basketball-team-team-statscom-15","14":"tag-milwaukeebucks","15":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116003506244097099","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578268","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=578268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}