This Trade Could Save Giannis Antetokounmpo Era For Milwaukee Bucks

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The Milwaukee Bucks are doing thing successful their powerfulness to effort and deter Giannis Antetokounmpo from requesting a waste and acquisition from nan team.

The Bucks person an opportunity astatine nan Feb. 5 waste and acquisition deadline to bring successful immoderate players that could thief Antetokounmpo get Milwaukee person to nan goals they person for nan season. CBS Sports writer Sam Quinn suggested a trade that would nonstop Kyle Kuzma, Gary Harris and a prime switch to nan Portland Trail Blazers for Jerami Grant.

"We whitethorn person had nan Bucks waste and acquisition Antetokounmpo to nan Heat successful different deal, but arsenic it stands successful reality, Milwaukee wants to adhd to its squad successful an effort to triumph and coax a statement hold retired of Giannis. If we presume their early first-round picks are disconnected limits, nan champion they tin do is first-round switch authorities (if nan Blazers moreover support their lottery-protected prime astatine all) and taking connected immoderate bad money. Fortunately, there's a fresh here," Quinn wrote.

"Jerami Grant makes astir $10 cardinal much than Kyle Kuzma does, and he's nether statement for an other year. He's a amended subordinate than Kuzma, truthful nan Bucks would get an upgrade for taking connected that other money. Portland, having added Jrue Holiday on a akin statement since extending Grant, now has little logic to support different agelong woody attached to an older player. The Blazers prevention a bunch of money conscionable by trading a subordinate that would apt diminution by nan clip they're fresh to triumph successful nan playoffs."

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Grant waste and acquisition could thief Antetokounmpo, Bucks

Grant has been successful waste and acquisition rumors for years pinch nan Blazers arsenic they've been a rebuilding team. However, now that they are uncovering immoderate level of occurrence without him arsenic nan main option, nan Blazers whitethorn beryllium much inclined to move him.

A waste and acquisition for illustration this gives nan Bucks an upgrade astatine nan position since Kyle Kuzma has not lived up to nan expectations he arrived pinch a twelvemonth agone erstwhile he was acquired successful a waste and acquisition for Khris Middleton.

Grant has missed nan past 14 games pinch an Achilles injury, but he is getting person to a return. Before he went down, he was averaging 20 points per crippled for nan Blazers. Adding different high-level scorer could perchance beryllium precisely what nan Bucks request to get backmost into nan playoff image successful nan Eastern Conference successful nan 2nd half of nan season.