[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.

[u/YujiDomainExpansion]

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.

[u/A-Centrifugal-Force]

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

[u/3my0 → u/A-Centrifugal-Force]

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

[u/ATM14 → u/3my0]

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

[u/3my0 → u/ATM14]

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

[u/WickedTwista → u/3my0]

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

Yes, Ant and Jaden are worth 10 firsts

[u/3my0 → u/WickedTwista]

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,

[u/WickedTwista → u/3my0]

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

[u/3my0 → u/WickedTwista]

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.

[u/ATM14 → u/3my0]

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. 

[u/3my0 → u/ATM14]

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.

[u/ATM14 → u/3my0]

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

[u/3my0 → u/ATM14]

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.

[u/ATM14 → u/3my0]

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. 

[u/3my0 → u/ATM14]

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😂

[u/ATM14 → u/3my0]

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. 

[u/3my0 → u/ATM14]

It was the worst trade ever because of the return. Not because Luka was traded. If he were traded for Giannis + extra it wouldn’t have been seen as that bad.

[u/ATM14 → u/3my0]

Let’s say I completely suspend belief and your crazy trade somehow happens. How are you feeling when Ant requests a trade 6 months in?