told reporters<\/a>. “If he’s here, then you build the team differently.”<\/p>\nHaslam is right. Milwaukee shouldn’t go out and draft a power forward if Antetokounmpo intends to sign an extension to stay. Their biggest area of need is on the wing, especially if Kevin Porter Jr. turns down a player option to hit free agency.<\/p>\n
Antetokounmpo, Ryan Rollins and Myles Turner are all locked in as starters. This No. 10 pick could be, too, if the right wing player is available.<\/p>\n
A Giannis Antetokounmpo Trade<\/p>\n
The other side of that coin, of course, is the Milwaukee Bucks, and they should be very eager to put an end to this Giannis Antetokounmpo saga.<\/p>\n
Yes, he gave the city and organization a title and countless good memories, but the last couple of years have been a slog of “will he or won’t he” trade rumors and drama that Giannis, frankly, brought on himself.<\/p>\n
No more vague quotes hinting at a desire to play elsewhere. No more pressure on the front office to make win-now moves that cripple the future.<\/p>\n
There will certainly be some pain in finally trading Giannis, but there will also be relief.<\/p>\n
Teams in Milwaukee’s position typically want some combination of a good player, promising prospects and\/or multiple draft picks when giving up a frustrated superstar.<\/p>\n
The Bucks should prioritize the last item on that list. They need a fresh start, and incoming rookies (or the ability to add picks to trades) help on that front more than Herro or Jaquez will.<\/p>\n
Both are solid, but neither looks like a surefire franchise cornerstone. Milwaukee needs to give itself as many chances as possible to find that in the draft.<\/p>\n
Assuming they’re not a part of the Giannis deal, the Bucks should probably also be looking to unload Myles Turner, Kyle Kuzma, Bobby Portis and A.J. Green.<\/p>\n
Bottoming out may not be quite as enticing as it was before the NBA instituted new anti-tanking measures, but Milwaukee should still be interested in getting its young guys as many developmental minutes as possible and ensuring its somewhere in the lottery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Milwaukee Bucks have many needs, though the future of Giannis Antetokounmpo must be settled before the team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-743994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}