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Giannis Antetokounmpo still weighing his future with the Milwaukee Bucks. <\/p>\n
The New York Knicks<\/a> are the odds-on favorites to land Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> should he demand a trade from the Milwaukee Bucks<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sports Betting AG<\/a> has the Knicks as a +100 favorite, followed by the San Antonio Spurs<\/a> (+200), Miami Heat<\/a> (+500), Brooklyn Nets<\/a> (+600) and the Boston Celtics<\/a> (+1600) rounding up the top five bets to become Antetokounmpo\u2019s next team.<\/p>\n According to ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania, Antetokounmpo\u2019s future in Milwaukee remains in doubt.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re standing here, it\u2019s Aug. 4. Sources tell me there\u2019s still nothing set in stone about whether Giannis Antetokounmpo will stay in Milwaukee or whether he will be leaving,\u201d\u00a0Charania said on ESPN\u2019s \u201cGet Up\u201d<\/a>\u00a0on Aug. 4. \u201cAnd so, he\u2019s going to continue to evaluate his future.<\/p>\n \u201cI reported it in mid-May that he\u2019s evaluating whether his best fit is in Milwaukee or is it elsewhere. And that process is continuing. There\u2019s been some very real conversations over the past week or so. The constant question that Giannis has, though, is, \u2018Can I win a championship with this roster? Is this roster going to be one for this upcoming year and 2026-2027?\u2019 He wants to win a second championship. So, he\u2019s asking that question over and over.\u201d<\/p>\n The Bucks essentially replaced\u00a0Brook Lopez<\/a>, who signed with the\u00a0Los Angeles Clippers<\/a>\u00a0in free agency, with\u00a0Myles Turner<\/a>. And then they got career backup point guard\u00a0Cole Anthony<\/a>\u00a0to fill in the spot left by the injured\u00a0Damian Lillard<\/a>, whose remaining $103 million contract was waived and stretched to create cap room to sign Turner.<\/p>\n But those are not needle-movers, which makes Antetokounmpo antsy about his chance to win a coveted second ring.<\/p>\n B\/R\u2019s Proposed Giannis-KAT Swap GettyKarl-Anthony Towns is the most logical trade candidate for the New York Knicks if Giannis Antetokounmpo demands a trade out of the Milwaukee Bucks.<\/p>\n Going to the Knicks without gutting their roster could be his best bet to get back into the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n The Knicks have been monitoring Antetokounmpo\u2019s situation in Milwaukee, per James Edwards III of The Athletic.<\/a><\/p>\n If Antetokounmpo becomes available later this offseason, the Knicks can no longer include Mikal Bridges<\/a>, who just agreed to a four-year, $150 million extension. Bridges is not trade eligible until after six months.<\/p>\n Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a>, because of his $52.1 million salary, is the most logical choice to headline the Knicks\u2019 outgoing package. However, with the Knicks over the first apron, they cannot send out lower than the money they are receiving back.<\/p>\n They would have to add more salaries.<\/p>\n Bleacher Report\u2019s Grant Hughes<\/a> has a solution to this potential Knicks dilemma. Rope in a third team.<\/p>\n Here is his proposed three-team deal that could bring Antetokounmpo to New York.<\/p>\n New York Knicks Receive:\u00a0Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/p>\n Milwaukee Bucks Receive:\u00a0Karl-Anthony Towns, Danny Wolf, 2026 first-round swap (NYK), 2028 first-round swap (worst of NYK and BKN), 2030 first-round swap (NYK)<\/p>\n Brooklyn Nets Receive:\u00a0Josh Hart, 2026 second-round pick (MIL via NYK), 2026 second-round pick (MIN via NYK)<\/p>\n In Hughes\u2019 trade proposal, the Nets will facilitate the trade to absorb the excess salaries \u2014\u00a0 the remaining three years and $63 million left on Hart\u2019s current deal \u2014 with their ton of cap room.<\/p>\n They get two second-round picks and a flippable Hart contract for more draft assets down the road.<\/p>\n Knicks Have Best Player, But Not Best Package for Giannis<\/p>\n The Knicks would have to hope that Antetokounmpo would specifically ask to be traded to New York for this deal to happen. Otherwise, the Bucks can generate a more complete package \u2014 a combination of picks, rotation players and young prospects from other teams.<\/p>\n But the Knicks can also bank on the Bucks to prefer having Towns, the best player they could get in return, which would make them competitive, as they do not have control of their own draft picks until 2031 to enter a full-scale rebuild.<\/p>\n For the Knicks, swapping Antetokounmpo for Towns will abandon their five-man out concept. But Antetokounmpo will provide the rim protection that they will never get from Towns.<\/p>\n Hughes adds: Antetokounmpo is \u201cthe vastly superior player in virtually every other area\u201d except for the 3-point shot.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tAlder Almo<\/a> is a sports journalist covering the NBA for Heavy.com. He has more than 20 years of experience in local and international media, including broadcast, print and digital. He previously covered the Knicks for Empire Sports Media and the NBA for Off the Glass. Alder is from the Philippines and is now based in Jersey City, New Jersey. More about Alder Almo<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Knicks\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Giannis Antetokounmpo still weighing his future with the Milwaukee Bucks. 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