{"id":561265,"date":"2026-02-02T16:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/561265\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:20:10","slug":"bucks-making-counteroffers-in-giannis-antetokounmpo-trade-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/561265\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks Making Counteroffers In Giannis Antetokounmpo Trade Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bucks<\/strong> \u201cremained engaged with teams that have interest\u201d in trading for Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a><\/strong> over the weekend and submitted counteroffers to a few of them, ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania said on a SportsCenter appearance (Twitter video link<\/a>, hat tip to Real GM<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"\"Charania listed the Heat, Timberwolves, Warriors <\/strong>and Knicks<\/strong> as \u201cthe most serious suitors\u201d so far, although several other teams are rumored to be involved. He adds that it \u201ccomes down to the price point\u201d for Antetokounmpo, which means parting with young talent, \u201ca surplus of draft picks\u201d or possibly a combination of both.<\/p>\n

The Bucks have been sending mixed signals<\/a> about whether they intend to part with their franchise player by Thursday\u2019s deadline or wait until the summer in hopes of negotiating a better deal. Charania\u2019s report is the strongest indication so far that Milwaukee is serious about making a trade this week.<\/p>\n

The Bucks were hoping to put together a late-season run toward the playoffs and were originally approaching the deadline as buyers with an eye on upgrading the roster and convincing Antetokounmpo to stay. Those plans seemed to change on January 23 when Antetokoumpo suffered a calf injury that will keep him out indefinitely, virtually sinking the team\u2019s postseason hopes. Milwaukee lost its fifth straight game Sunday at Boston and has fallen to 12th in the East at 18-29.<\/p>\n

As Charania points out, there are pros and cons to the Bucks waiting for the offseason to make the deal. Interested teams will have additional draft capital to offer, but Antetokounmpo will also have more control over where he wants to go. After making $58.5MM next season, he holds a $62.8MM player option for 2027\/28 and can threaten not to re-sign with a team that trades for him if it\u2019s not one of his preferred destinations.<\/p>\n

Bucks coach Doc Rivers<\/strong> addressed the trade rumors Sunday in an appearance on ESPN\u2019s NBA Countdown (Twitter video link<\/a>), stating, \u201cI think everyone will be here\u201d past the deadline. He also said he\u2019s looking forward to the end of the week so speculation can be put on hold for a few months.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wants to be a Buck, he loves the city and that\u2019s all I can go by as a coach right now,\u201d Rivers said of Antetokounmpo. \u201cHas it been difficult? Yeah. My favorite day of the year this year will be the day after the trade deadline. I think everyone will be here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rivers added that Antetokounmpo expects to play again this season and is hoping to \u201cget into the playoffs healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bucks \u201cremained engaged with teams that have interest\u201d in trading for Giannis Antetokounmpo over the weekend and…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":553153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[153914,3368,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-561265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-doc-rivers","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116001953291811336","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}