The Bucks are banking on draft luck later this season in hopes of convincing Giannis to stay.
With the trade deadline approaching, sentiments are mixed on whether Giannis will remain in Milwaukee. But the Bucks have a significant advantage to seize if they keep Antetokounmpo beyond Thursday.
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Giannis Antetokounmpo
MIN: 29.11
PTS: 28.29 (65.48%)
REB: 9.89
AS: 5.64
ST: 0.89
BL: 0.71
TO: 3.29
GM: 28
Several teams will replenish their draft stocks, and top suitors will be even more aggressive in their pursuit by going all-out with their offers. These give the Bucks plenty of leverage to maximize every value that Giannis holds.
But if only they could, the Bucks reportedly would love to keep Giannis Antetokounmpo and run everything back until the end.
Per NBA insider Marc Stein, Milwaukee stands optimistic in hitting a key draft win that could convince Giannis to stay put.
"League sources say that the Bucks — who deep down would still prefer not to trade their Face of the Franchise — believe that a bolt of lottery luck in May could still keep alive Milwaukee's dream of convincing Antetokounmpo to extend the relationship one more time. How so? Milwaukee will get the lesser of the two picks in June between the Bucks' selection and the New Orleans Pelicans' turn," per Stein.
"But what if both the Bucks and the Pelicans score top-four picks? New Orleans would have to convey the higher of the two picks to Atlanta as part of the Derik Queen trade … and Milwaukee would still be celebrating."
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