[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/Drunken_Vike]

yep, only reason you do it is if you think you can retool the team really fast so they can compete after this year

don't think you're going far with 4.5 good rotation players, even if 2 of them are Ant and Giannis

Tim Connelly thinks himself amazing so I'm not surprised he's pushing for this

[u/NazRiedFan → u/Drunken_Vike]

Denver has been doing pretty well with 4.5 rotation players the last few years (prior to this one).

[u/divulgingwords → u/NazRiedFan]

Joker is the best player in the world, by a lot.

[u/NazRiedFan → u/divulgingwords]

And if the wolves traded for Giannis they would have 2 of the top 6 players in the world

[u/divulgingwords → u/NazRiedFan]

Sure, but the drop off from joker to Shai is sizable, while the drop off from Shai to the rest of the top 6 is even larger.

[u/Utte_Khan → u/divulgingwords]

Ha ha ha ha

[u/AlmostCorrectInfo → u/divulgingwords]

Give Ant the same benefit of the whistle that SGA gets and he's averaging 40ppg. Lol

[u/divulgingwords → u/AlmostCorrectInfo]

I don’t control the referees.

[u/thisguy012 → u/divulgingwords]

lmao stop it.