{"id":579279,"date":"2026-02-03T09:56:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/579279\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:56:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:56:03","slug":"giannis-antetokounmpos-former-teammate-is-lobbying-his-team-to-trade-for-the-bucks-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/579279\/","title":{"rendered":"Giannis Antetokounmpo’s former teammate is lobbying his team to trade for the Bucks star"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of Giannis Antetokounmpo\u2019s ex-teammates is lobbying for a reunion on the West Coast.<\/p>\n

The Portland Trail Blazers are reportedly \u201ctrying to get into the mix\u201d of teams bidding for Antetokounmpo. According to Bleacher Report\u2019s Jake Fischer, Blazers guard Damian Lillard is pulling some strings<\/a> \u201cbehind the scenes\u201d to push Portland to trade for his former Milwaukee Bucks co-star.<\/p>\n

Giannis would also be reuniting with Jrue Holiday in such a deal. The Bucks\u2019 starting point guard during their 2021 championship run was sent to Portland in the deal that brought Lillard to Milwaukee. Holiday was subsequently dealt to the Boston Celtics. <\/p>\n

The Blazers informed the Bucks that they were joining the Giannis sweepstakes<\/a> last week, and Lillard is apparently keen on his team being the highest bidder.<\/p>\n

The Blazers would be an intriguing landing spot for Antetokounmpo. In addition to the veteran backcourt of Holiday and Lillard, Giannis would also be slotting next to first-time All-Star Deni Avdija, the favorite to win this year\u2019s Most Improved Player award.<\/p>\n

Portland probably has Avdija as off-limits in any talks, but former No. 2 pick Scoot Henderson could be included in an Antetokounmpo trade package. The Blazers could also add first-round centers Donovan Clingan and Yang Hansen to any deal, as well as defensive dynami Toumani Camara.<\/p>\n

The Blazers may not look like a contender right now. But that could change in an instant once the Greek Freak starts rocking a red-and-black uniform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Giannis Antetokounmpo\u2019s ex-teammates is lobbying for a reunion on the West Coast. The Portland Trail Blazers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[7,103,125,123,102,121,3871,6,471],"class_list":{"0":"post-579279","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-damian-lillard","11":"tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","12":"tag-milwaukee","13":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","14":"tag-milwaukeebucks","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-portland-trail-blazers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579279","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=579279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}