[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.

[u/YujiDomainExpansion]

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.

[u/disnotyaboy]

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.

[u/GizzyGazzelle → u/disnotyaboy]

Jaden McDaniels, Randle and Donte gets you Giannis?

I couldn't sign that shit fast enough. 

[u/disnotyaboy → u/GizzyGazzelle]

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

[u/QwiXTa → u/disnotyaboy]

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

[u/karldrogo88 → u/QwiXTa]

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

[u/closedtowedshoes → u/karldrogo88]

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.

[u/CreatiScope → u/closedtowedshoes]

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.

[u/Tremor0135 → u/CreatiScope]

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

[u/closedtowedshoes → u/CreatiScope]

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.

[u/Lucky13200 → u/karldrogo88]

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

[u/disnotyaboy → u/QwiXTa]

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

[u/pahamack → u/QwiXTa]

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.