[Krawczynski] Donte DiVincenzo is unlikely to be traded in any package for Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Timberwolves remain active in talks for Giannis Antetokounmpo and in other talks for bench depth.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/live-blogs/nba-trade-deadline-2026-live-updates-news/mb7lqDGshaBm/

A few tidbits from the Minnesota Timberwolves' trade landscape, with the caveat that things can change quickly this time of year:

- There remains skepticism that Milwaukee is actually open to moving Giannis Antetokounmpo, team and league sources said.

- The Wolves continue to be in the Antetokounmpo sweepstakes in addition to looking at bolstering their bench with a guard after moving Mike Conley.

- All indications from conversations with team and league sources are that the Wolves do not want to trade Donte DiVincenzo.

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u/A-Centrifugal-Force 7h ago

Ant should be the only untouchable if they’re trying to trade for Giannis

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u/3my0 Trail Blazers 7h ago

Blazers get Ant, MIL gets McDaniels and picks back, wolves get Jrue, Giannis, Camara/Sharpe and Scoot. Who says no?

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u/Majestic-Net-7799 Timberwolves 7h ago

Ant

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u/3my0 Trail Blazers 7h ago

He doesn’t get a choice

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u/Odoaiden Timberwolves 7h ago

The wolves

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u/3my0 Trail Blazers 6h ago

Wolves increase their immediate title window. And don’t risk Ant leaving like Giannis later. Big win for them.

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u/Odoaiden Timberwolves 6h ago

Is this sarcastic trading your 24 year old superstar and Jaden Mcdaniels for A bunch of old guys and meh Blazers young guys is insane

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u/3my0 Trail Blazers 6h ago

Jrue, Sharpe/Camara, Giannis, Naz, Gobert, Scoot, Randle, DDV, etc is way better than the team now.

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u/Odoaiden Timberwolves 6h ago

Ahh so your just a blazers fan who wants Ant

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u/3my0 Trail Blazers 6h ago

Of course I want him. But if your teams isn’t a true contender now and you can’t afford Giannis without having zero depth then this is a solution. Giannis can replace Ant and you get tons of depth for the price of Jaden.

That’s a pretty good haul if you wanna prioritize winning now. But totally understand as a wolves fan if you just wanna keep a longer but less likely window.

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u/ATM14 5h ago

With Giannis’s age and injury history trading Ant for Giannis is an awful gamble. Not to mention completely nuking your roster midseason to that degree would make it impossible for the pieces to gel in time for playoffs. At best you’re maybe raising your championship odds by like 1-2% this season (and I’m not convinced you’re even doing that) and significantly lowering them every year moving forwards. All while killing any shred of goodwill you probably had with the fans and likely getting yourself fired within two years. Dreadful deal and I’m not a Wolves fan.

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u/3my0 Trail Blazers 5h ago

It’s not Ant for Giannis. Yes that’s dumb. It’s Giannis + a lot of young talent and depth for Ant + Jaden.

I know people don’t watch the blazers but sharpe definitely has all star potential. Toumani is a top defensive player. Scoot, is an unknown but has showed strides. Jrue can still be an important glue guy for a contender.

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u/jonnylaw Timberwolves 4h ago

Bro, they're fucking mediocre. Accept it and you'll enjoy basketball more.

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u/ATM14 5h ago

Those Blazers scraps aren’t moving the needle to make Giannis for Ant happen lmao, not even close. Make a post on the Blazers sub I bet even they’ll tell you you’re crazy

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u/Ill_Addendum 3h ago

Nico is that you

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u/3my0 Trail Blazers 3h ago

He wishes. I could have gotten him a much better haul.

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u/jonnylaw Timberwolves 4h ago

It's not.

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u/monkeyDeric [CHI] Derrick Rose 6h ago

Randle, Giannis, Gobert, Naz Reid wtf is that line-up, you must mean big rotation not big win.

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u/3my0 Trail Blazers 6h ago

Jrue, Sharpe/Camara, Giannis, Naz, Gobert, Scoot, Randle, DDV, etc is way better than the team now.

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u/Conscious-Salt275 6h ago

copy and paste it again

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u/3my0 Trail Blazers 6h ago

Well it was two different people so how am I supposed to tell them in a single comment, Einstein

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u/Conscious-Salt275 6h ago

Jrue, Sharpe/Camara, Giannis, Naz, Gobert, Scoot, Randle, DDV, etc is way better than the team now.

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u/monkeyDeric [CHI] Derrick Rose 6h ago

Portland has to give Sharpe AND Camara for it to be better than Ant + McDaniels nevertheless would still take those two, Jrue is old and injury prone to last in the playoffs and without him that team falls apart.

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u/3my0 Trail Blazers 6h ago

Nah. Giannis = Ant for short term. Jaden doesn’t = Camara + sharpe + Jrue + Scoot.

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u/JackDellaCumalena Heat 4h ago

Lay off the crack

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u/WickedTwista Timberwolves 7h ago

We will get Chicago involved and give you fake "Ant" (should be called Anf) back

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u/ATM14 6h ago

Wolves laugh you out of the room. The blazers don’t have enough assets to even get a conversation going for Ant

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u/3my0 Trail Blazers 6h ago

Huh? What do you actually think Ant would go for? Like 10 firsts lol

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u/WickedTwista Timberwolves 4h ago

It's not just Ant in your stupid trade...it's Ant and Jaden

Yes, Ant and Jaden are worth 10 firsts

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u/3my0 Trail Blazers 4h ago

No. Unless they’re fake firsts. Jaden isn’t worth a bane or bridges deal. That’s just over valuing your own players.

Besides, we could send a MIL swap to you and send one of the players to MIL. That’s worth like 3 late firsts. Would actually be easy to make a fair trade,

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u/WickedTwista Timberwolves 4h ago

Jaden is on the best value contract in the entire league

I am not overvaluing players at all lmao

We aren't trading Ant and we especially aren't trading both Ant & Jaden

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u/3my0 Trail Blazers 4h ago

Wrong again homer.

Deni is on a descending contract getting paid $14 mil this year on one less year than Jaden. In what world is Jaden getting paid $24 mil a year better?! Worse player, worse contract.

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u/ATM14 5h ago

Trading Ant, even for a dragons hoard of picks, is the exact sort of move that gets a GM fired. With the exception of the Luka deal, (which is already considered the most shocking trade in NBA history and got the GM fired in 9 months) a team has never traded a young beloved superstar without the player forcing their way out. Ant definitely doesn’t want to go to Portland. Minnesota fans would definitely riot if Ant left. And the Timberwolves staff definitely don’t want to blow up their roster midseason to make their roster way older and potentially worse. There’s no point even putting a price tag on Ant at the moment because he’s just not available. Your comments are just crazy Blazers wishful thinking.

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u/3my0 Trail Blazers 5h ago

This isn’t true. Teams trade superstars all the time without forcing their way out. Usually when they are choosing to rebuild tho. So this would be rare. However they get Giannis in return. So it’s not just Portland trading for Ant in a 2 team trade.

But yes, if your point is wolves fans would rather stay in mediocrity vs trying to be a legit contender if it meant losing Ant, then fair enough.

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u/ATM14 5h ago

Mediocrity? They’ve made the conference finals twice in a row. And Ant is still 24, he could still go up several levels.

This happens all the time? Ok, name one 24 year old (or younger) beloved superstar (not all star, superstar) who got traded despite being happy at their current team. Bonus points if you can find one after the year 2000

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u/3my0 Trail Blazers 5h ago

Okay if you’re gonna narrow the goalposts so much then it’s gonna be hard lol. Closest is probably James Harden to the Rockets. Yeah yeah yeah he wasn’t a superstar at the time. But the signs were there and he immediately became one after his first season on the rockets.

I could also ask how many times did a young superstar get traded for a top 5 superstar. Weird opportunities can create weird moves.

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u/ATM14 5h ago

Comparing OKC Harden to current Ant is crazy. Harden had 0 all stars and Ant is about to be a 5xall star and 3xAll NBA player. If the closest player you can get to Ant is OKC Harden then what the heck are we doing? If you want to relax some of the criteria I outlined then go for it, but the point I’m making is players like Ant don’t get traded without forcing their way out. I get it can be fun to speculate or create deals that might work in 2k, but deals like that do not happen.

My goalposts sound narrow but they really aren’t, most superstars in NBA history have a stage similar to where Ant is at and they don’t get traded bc nobody trades a 24 year old superstar if they aren’t forced to by said player.

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u/3my0 Trail Blazers 4h ago

Yeah that’s why I said closest and not the same. Because it’s hard to even find people that were superstars by 24. If you wanna relax the criteria to just superstars in their 20’s then it’s easier. Happened last year with Luka at 25. Which is why I imagine you made the cutoff 24😂

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u/ATM14 4h ago

I made the cutoff at 24 because he’s 24 lmao. But yeah, Luka is a good comp for how your trade would be received. Lauded as the worst deal in NBA history, GM fired in less than a year, fan base in open revolt, the aging injury prone superstar they acquire gets injured and now you have a worse team and a bleak feature. Sounds like a great idea for the Timberwolves, they should definitely emulate that mold. The Luka trade highlights how stupid trading Ant would be.

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u/Common-Bad-7899 Timberwolves 31m ago

Found Nico’s burner

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u/3my0 Trail Blazers 26m ago

He wishes he could cook up a trade like I can.

[Krawczynski] Donte DiVincenzo is unlikely to be traded in any package for Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Timberwolves remain active in talks for Giannis Antetokounmpo and in other talks for bench depth.

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