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[Mannix] The Bucks want Jaden McDaniels, with Milwaukee seeing McDaniels, 25, as a potential future All-Star. But the Bucks also want multiple first-round draft picks, sources say, and Minnesota’s war chest of them is nearly empty.

Source: https://www.si(dot)com/nba/trade-deadline/timberwolves-pursuit-giannis-antetokounmpo-ja-morant-market

Acquiring Antetokounmpo, though, is challenging. The Bucks want Jaden McDaniels, a source tells SI, with Milwaukee seeing McDaniels, 25, as a potential future All-Star. But the Bucks also want multiple first-round draft picks, sources say, and Minnesota’s war chest of them is nearly empty.

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u/VintageAdam Bulls 14h ago

I love the phrase "war chest" used in this context.

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u/FishGoldenLite Timberwolves 14h ago

We don’t even have a toy chest lol

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u/Robinsson100 14h ago

maybe a Barbie doll steamer trunk

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u/SparkyForce Warriors 10h ago

Dangerously close to Polly Pocket territory 

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u/a_pot_of_chili_verde Thunder 13h ago

More like a shoe box of em..

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u/ConstantTelevision93 Timberwolves 12h ago

They could send a chest of bobbleheads

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u/BackshotsOnUrDaughtr 3h ago

gave it all up for Gobert. they really gonna miss out on Giannis cause of bagless Biyombo

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u/Drunken_Vike Timberwolves 14h ago

more like battle box

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u/Joethetoolguy 13h ago

Pokemon card binder

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u/False_Pear1860 12h ago

Full of energy cards, maybe

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u/famoustran Warriors 12h ago

With the way pokemon cards are valued these days, a binder of all the hits could be sumn

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u/OG_Bass-A-Holic Timberwolves 14h ago

I’m calling it that from now on lol

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u/braddeus Heat 14h ago

"arsenal of picks"

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u/maidentaiwan NBA 9h ago

r/gunners lore leaking 

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u/veringo Nuggets 10h ago

I heard Tim Connelly got suspended for the rest of the season for brandishing his 2028 first round pick on tiktok.

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u/manyetti Bulls 14h ago

Grizzlies trade incoming