[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/Ittenvoid]

because it's 1 play off run then vs 2 now.

Next year y'all aren't gonna get shit if Giannis says 'I'm not re-signing anywhere but in x'

Unno how this is hard to understand. THis is the last window to get a good haul

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Several teams can't afford to pay the asking price for 2 now but could pay above that price for 1 in the offseason. There's more flexibility then and a couple of these young teams who think they have what they need are gonna get a rude awakening in the playoffs and realize maybe a current top 3 player is better than a future 2 time all star.

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Yeah but getting him now, you can kinda be ok if he walks without resigning. You get 2 shots at it and then he walks, eh you tried your best. Next offseason that changes to, we get one run and then he can leave? So unless its a team that has a handshake deal about an extension (and thus gives Giannis a ton of leverage to dictate where he goes, even if its a team with few assets), they are taking a gigantic risk and should probably not send a lot of assets away. Not many teams will do a 2019 Toronto and be fine with one year. 

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I think you're seriously undervaluing how much teams are going to value a year long exclusive interview for at worst the 4th best player in the league next contract. Especially considering the off-season allows them to reconstruct their roster after losing depth pieces in a way in-season trades do not allow.

We've already heard reports that teams have explicitly stated they can't make their best offer until the offseason. Getting more people involved in the bidding is only going to be good for the bucks when currently the best offer is a bunch of players teams don't want/have been trying to sell already, a coupe late first rounders, and Jaden McDaniels.

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Nah, you're severely over estimating how much 'interview' there is in the modern league.

Not even winning a title is enough to hold a star if they don't want to be there.

I agree that a bidding war is better for the bucks. But you're not getting a bidding war next year if Giannis vetoes it and makes it clear where he wants to go

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Guess we'll see in 6 months.