ESPN NBA analyst Brian Windhorst does think there’s a pathway to the Warriors acquiring Giannis Antetokounmpo, but if it comes to one thing, they aren’t going to win out.
“Yes, there is a package that the Warriors could use,” Windhorst said on ESPN’s Get Up. “They have some future draft picks. They have interesting young players. Like last year, Brandon Podziemski was off limits. Who knows if that’s going to be the case this year? But they can’t win a bidding war.
“First off, I just want to say Giannis has not let it be known he certainly wants out of Milwaukee, so I do not think we should assume that. If we do reach that point where Giannis was going to look around, he will have agency in this. He has two years left on his contract. The Bucks don’t have to listen to him. But if he were to come to Milwaukee and say, I want to play with Steph [Curry], there could be a deal worked out. The same would apply, in my view, to the [New York] Knicks or [Los Angeles Lakers], if he says I want to be a Knicks, send me to New York or I want to be a Laker. These are big ifs. Those trades can get worked out. But if it’s just an open market, none of those three teams, in my opinion, could win a bidding war with the Bucks.”
The Warriors have been linked to Antetokounmpo in multiple offseasons in the past, but nothing concrete has ever occurred.
Maybe with Steph’s window closing, they’ll take a leaf out of the Lakers book and try and sign Giannis.
ESPN’s Bobby Marks noted that the Warriors have four tradeable future first-round draft picks in 2026, 2028, 2030 (if picks 1 through 20) and 2032, and Golden State can offer first-round pick swaps in any of the next seven years.
Since the Bucks and the Warriors seasons have both come to and end, fans are pulling all sorts of theories and information out.
Some fans noted that Giannis was the only non-Warriors player at Steph Curry’s All-Star after party.
You know what they say, those who party together play on the same NBA team together.
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