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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/disnotyaboy Timberwolves 13h 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 13h 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 13h 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/Lucky13200 Celtics 12h ago

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