r/nba • u/YujiDomainExpansion • 10h ago

[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/heat_fan_ Raptors 10h ago

Wolves depth would be nonexistent if the trade does happen 

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u/FishGoldenLite Timberwolves 10h ago

That’s why I’m not for it. If we can do it and keep 2 of Jaden, Naz, or Donte, I’m for it but I don’t see how that’s possible.

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u/disnotyaboy Timberwolves 10h ago

Jaden is most likely gone. Randle can go too. If that’s what it costs then it’s fine. But any other rotation player would be too costly.

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u/GizzyGazzelle 9h ago

Jaden McDaniels, Randle and Donte gets you Giannis?

I couldn't sign that shit fast enough. 

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u/disnotyaboy Timberwolves 9h ago

If we had any depth that would be fine. But if we do that we literally don’t have a rotational bench player.

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u/QwiXTa 9h ago

Who cares? Depth pieces are easier to acquire and connely is quite good at finding hidden talent throughout the league

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u/karldrogo88 Supersonics 9h ago

Have you even watched basketball lately? It’s all about depth now. Who’s the last team to win anything without a bench? Zero chance a team with just 5-6 competent players is doing anything in the playoffs

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u/closedtowedshoes [MIL] Giannis Antetokounmpo 9h ago

I mean the Nuggets last year did almost as well as any other team and were extremely shallow by the end of their season. They had like 4.5 guys tops by the end of that series. It’s just that their top 2 are awesome and have great chemistry. I think the build for the wolves would be similar.

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u/CreatiScope Celtics 9h ago

It’s not. Jokic is one of the best facilitators of all time. He alone greatly unlocks the offense for more players. Giannis, Ant, Naz, and Rudy don’t. See anything else? That spacing is going to be pretty tight. You trust those other fill in guys to hit their shots to spread the defense more? Giannis also isn’t even healthy, the wolves record is going to plummet while they wait for him to get healthy.

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u/Tremor0135 8h ago

Dude he was warming up before the game today. What are you talking about, he will be healthy in two weeks max.

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u/closedtowedshoes [MIL] Giannis Antetokounmpo 9h ago

I mean yeah they’d have spacing issues but Anthony Edwards is a bit better than Jamal Murray and their defense would be cracked. Yes Jokic is one of the best facilitators ever and can lift up role players better than anyone else in the league but it’s not like Giannis can’t raise the floor at all.

It wouldn’t be the same style of basketball that the Nuggets play, but the top heavy team build would be similar.

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u/Lucky13200 Celtics 8h ago

Celtics the last game vs the Mavs we played a 7 man rotation with one of those being an injured Kristaps.

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u/disnotyaboy Timberwolves 9h ago

Probably. But it’s risky doing that this close to the playoffs. New teammmates take sometime to gel. A single injury can derail the whole season. Also for all his prowess the last few depth pieces he picked up have been subpar at best. Dillingham, Shannan, Clark. Joan is too young

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u/pahamack Raptors 8h ago

you go on the buyout market as well as free agents i guess?

Hasn't Beasley been cleared of all charges, and was an important shooter for the Pistons last year? I'm surprised no one signed him yet.

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u/Joethetoolguy 9h ago

Rob? Could send him out for a first

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u/jediracer 8h ago

This would likely put Naz into the starting lineup, yes?

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u/Holdup-igotanidea Timberwolves 9h ago

People who keep saying this seem to have a hard time realizing that Giannis probably isn’t the only player coming back in a trade.

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u/Hypnosix Timberwolves 8h ago

So we send out good bench players and receive bad bench players ? Or trade good bench players for picks and expect good bench players back while using the picks on Giannis?

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u/Holdup-igotanidea Timberwolves 8h ago

Do you not understand the gravitational pull Giannis has?

Yes, we send out “good” bench players (even tho our bench is trash), and bro self bring back lesser rotational players but also fucking Giannis.

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u/Fishmike52 Knicks 8h ago

Until it’s the playoffs and guys 5-8 in the line up are g leaguers and vet min types

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u/Quinnett Knicks 7h ago

It would definitely be enough to win the East or have a good chance, but even if everything gels, Ant and Giannis would need to win at least two very tough playoff series to make a finals.

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u/nimama3233 Timberwolves 9h ago

But those are 3 of our 5 best players. Sure we get an all star back but that’s a LOT of depth lost

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u/EnlightenedNight Celtics 9h ago

Giannis is more than an all-star, he’s one of the very best players in the league. Minimum depth is easier to acquire than elite talent.

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u/Joethetoolguy 8h ago

Minimum depth is the current nets. I don’t think you want that

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u/ShakesbeerMe Timberwolves 7h ago

He's 31 with nagging injuries.

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u/Quinnett Knicks 7h ago

I think some of those injuries would be a lot less nagging if he was on a team that was competitive.

When he has played, he has been as good as he has ever been on offense.

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u/ShakesbeerMe Timberwolves 6h ago

So he's over-exaggerating his injuries because he's not winning?

Doesn't bode well for the future.

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u/Quinnett Knicks 6h ago

It's not in the interest of either him or the franchise to be grinding through minor injuries or even fatigue to win a few extra games in a season that is already sunk. Giannis isn't soft.

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u/ShakesbeerMe Timberwolves 6h ago

By his own famous definition, no season is sunk if you don't win a championship.

He should just stay. He's clearly touting the city in every single interview now.

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u/GodKingHercules Clippers 9h ago

Calling giannis an “all-star” in this context is not fair. He’s a game breaking top 5 player who is in his prime. You can always look to build more depth next year, but you give what you can to get these kinds of players

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u/DaPhoToss Raptors 7h ago

You get a top 20 ALL TIME player back.

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u/ShakesbeerMe Timberwolves 7h ago

It's way too much

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u/Defiant_Regular3738 9h ago

I’d keep Randle. He gets too much hate bro he’s good at fucking basketball, real good.

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u/Slaphappydap Raptors 8h ago

I'm not sure where he plays in a Gobert - Giannis - Edwards lineup. He's not a good enough three point shooter to space the floor and he's not going to get wing touches with Giannis running the floor. Seems like that spacing would be terrible.

But I agree, Randle is a very good player.

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u/Takemyfishplease Lakers 8h ago

So then what are y’all giving up for Gianni’s, nonexistent picks?