{"id":317306,"date":"2026-06-23T21:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/317306\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T21:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:12:19","slug":"jaylen-brown-bidding-war-haslem-drove-this-all-the-fallout-from-antetokounmpo-trade-to-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/317306\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaylen Brown bidding war? Haslem drove this? All the fallout from Antetokounmpo trade to Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was the blockbuster deal of the NBA offseason: After years of will-he\/won\u2019t-he, two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo has been traded to Miami<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It also feels like the first domino of what will be some other big moves \u2014 including possibly a Jaylen Brown bidding war and trade. At NBC, we\u2019ve explained the Antetokounmpo trade<\/a>, named its winners and losers<\/a>, and broken down how it will impact fantasy teams<\/a>. Still, the fallout from this trade just keeps coming. Here are some other notes and analysis surrounding Antetokounmpo\u2019s move to Miami.<\/p>\n

Jaylen Brown bidding war?<\/p>\n

Boston tried to say, \u201cWe weren\u2019t shopping Brown, it was only because this was Giannis Antetokounmpo.\u201d Except a few years back, they said the same thing when Brown was rumored to be part of a trade offer for Kevin Durant. From Brown\u2019s perspective, you don\u2019t want to be the person in the relationship where your partner is always looking around for an upgrade.<\/p>\n

Other teams are expecting Boston to make Brown available, and there could be a bidding war, something articulated well by ESPN\u2019s Brian Windhorst on the network\u2019s \u201cGet Up.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I expect to happenis a bidding war for Jaylen Brown. In the most recent days, teams have been preparing for this eventuality, that it wouldn\u2019t be the Boston Celtics who won the Giannis sweepstakes and that there would be a Jaylen Brown market. And now we\u2019re going to watch that. I think it\u2019ll take time to play out.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Brown becomes available, look for Houston and Atlanta to be at the front of the line for him, with a number of other teams \u2014 Portland has said it\u2019s interested \u2014 in the mix. The challenge will be matching his salary, which is $57.1 million next season and totals about $183 million over the next three years. Brown is coming off his best season as a pro, averaging 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game.<\/p>\n

Boston kept young players out<\/p>\n

Why did Milwaukee ultimately choose the Miami offer over Boston? In part because, while Brown would have been the best individual player the Bucks could have gotten in return, they wanted more \u2014 specifically a young player like Baylor Scheierman and Hugo Gonzalez, and Boston would not put them in the offer, reports Shams Charania of ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Boston\u2019s final offer was Brown and two unprotected first-round picks. Milwaukee preferred Miami\u2019s offer… or at least one key person did.<\/p>\n

Bucks co-owner Haslam pushed for Miami trade<\/p>\n

Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Jimmy Haslam also owns the NFL\u2019s Cleveland Browns \u2014 a team that dealt with a trade demand from future Hall of Famer Myles Garrett. Then came the Antetokounmpo saga with the Bucks.<\/p>\n

That led Haslam to push for the \u201ccertainty\u201d of the Miami offer because he didn\u2019t want to see Brown come to Milwaukee and force his way out in a couple of years, something Kevin O\u2019Connor of Yahoo Sports reported right after the trade went down<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Report: Haslam a ‘driving force’ in Giannis trade<\/p>\n

Mike Florio looks at Jimmy Haslam’s reported role in the blockbuster Giannis Antetokounmpo trade and analyzes Haslam’s involvement as owner of the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n

That was a concern of others in the Milwaukee front office, reports Sam Amick and Eric Nehm<\/a> at The Athletic, who add there had been signs in recent weeks that Brown didn\u2019t really want to land in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

Herro happy<\/p>\n

Brown may not have wanted to go to Milwaukee, but Tyler Herro \u2014 who is a Milwaukee native \u2014 is excited to go home in the trade, reports NBA insider Chris Haynes.<\/p>\n

Sources: Tyler Herro is thrilled about a fresh start and playing for his hometown team the Milwaukee Bucks. Herro always envisioned returning home at some point during his NBA career.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) June 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Except Herro may not be staying in Milwaukee\u2014there are multiple reports that the Bucks are listening to offers to trade him again. At the front of that line may be Detroit, which is looking for shooting and secondary ball-handling to pair with Cade Cunningham, and Herro fits that bill.<\/p>\n

Is Anthony Edwards next?<\/p>\n

Once one superstar is traded, the insatiable NBA trade rumor machine starts looking for the next star who might be on the move.<\/p>\n

Is it about to be Anthony Edwards\u2019 turn in the spotlight? ESPN\u2019s Tim MacMahon said on the latest Hoop Collective Podcast<\/a>, \u201cThe NBA vultures are swirling around Ant in anticipation of him potentially becoming the next superstar who\u2019s available in the trade market.\u201d Multiple reports in recent years have said Edwards has been frustrated with the team building in Minnesota, dating back to when it traded away Karl-Anthony Towns to save money.<\/p>\n

This is not happening fast. Minnesota has no intention of trading Edwards right now, and he still has three fully guaranteed years at $156.9 million left on this contract. There is no pressure to move him, and Edwards would deny he is even thinking about leaving.<\/p>\n

That said, teams file these kinds of things away and just wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was the blockbuster deal of the NBA offseason: After years of will-he\/won\u2019t-he, two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-317306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}