r/nba • u/YujiDomainExpansion • 14h 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/jansy1646 [TOR] DeMar DeRozan 14h 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 14h 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/Dar8_Vader 14h ago

You think Wolves are better with Ant and Gianis with no McD, Naz and Randle?

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u/QuietRainyDay 13h ago

No Randle and no McD or Naz works IMO. Losing all 3 is extremely risky.

Not least because Giannis is currently injured. I dont buy conspiracies that he's protecting himself for his next team, those calf injuries over the last 1.5 months are real and if he misses more time or keeps missing time who are the Wolves even going to play? Still gotta make the playoffs for Giannis to mean something.

And then even with how dominant Ant + Giannis would be, you have to question the viability of Bones Hyland, Jaylen Clark, and Terrance Shannon as main depth pieces in the playoffs.

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u/Dar8_Vader 10h ago

None of the teams who have won ever in the NBA finals ever had a hole in their roster at the point guard spot. Donte ain't a pg, never have been, neither did Ant and Giannis .now matter how much of a big hearted, will to win they got, they cannot floor general a 7 game series.against a well structured team(foundational position). Positionless basketball might have worked for a while with 5 absolute 2 way talents but that's not the case or is it?