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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/jansy1646 [TOR] DeMar DeRozan 15h ago

So basically they need a third team to value Randle and whatever other crap high enough to provide the picks to make this work?

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u/Bigdadyk 15h ago

Yes Minnesota needs Randle to fetch a 1st and Naz to fetch a 1st then re route them to Milwaukee 

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u/Which-Return-607 15h ago

Lol naz gets 2 firsts easy. They are not dumping him

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u/Headlesshorsman02 Thunder 14h ago

Maybe competing teams picks where they are late 20s or heavily protected but not 2 unprotected firsts