The Milwaukee Bucks have little interest in entertaining a commerce of both Giannis Antetokounmpo and the identical seems to be true of Damian Lillard as they try to drag out of their 2-8 begin to the season. The worth of Antetokounmpo is plain and whereas Lillard might not have as a lot worth as he did when the Portland Path Blazers traded him in 2023, he would nonetheless have suitors.
“I used to be speaking to individuals within the league in regards to the Bucks and I began listening to from individuals who have been saying to me, ‘You realize the Bucks known as us about trades,'” stated Brian Windhorst on Monday’s episode of ESPN’s Hoop Collective.
“‘And I am going about who?
“‘Not Giannis and never Dame,'” Windhorst relayed because the reply from the chief.
Windhorst added that an govt he was talking on the cellphone with obtained a name from the Bucks throughout their name, which speaks to the extent of the staff’s efforts to discover a commerce.
“Not Dame is attention-grabbing,” stated Tim MacMahon. “And I ponder, and that is only a pure hypothetical: I ponder in the event that they put Dame in the marketplace, how a lot curiosity there could be?”
“There could be curiosity, sir,” replied Windhorst.
Lillard is signed by way of 26-27 and he has a participant choice in 2026. The scale of Lillard’s contract would additionally make an in-season commerce sophisticated from a wage cap perspective.
