{"id":438341,"date":"2026-01-30T06:31:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T06:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/438341\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T06:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T06:31:06","slug":"nets-may-make-offer-for-giannis-antetokounmpo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/438341\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets May Make Offer For Giannis Antetokounmpo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the Nets clearly aren\u2019t focused on winning games this season, they\u2019ve long had their sights set on Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> and their rebuild shouldn\u2019t prevent them from making an offer for the Bucks superstar, says Brian Lewis of The New York Post<\/a> (subscriber link). Multiple sources Lewis has spoken to said the Nets plan to be competitive in 2026\/27.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen this is their moment,\u201d one league source told The Post. \u201cReally depends on if they decide that their aimless tank is over. They could sure make the best offer.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Lewis writes, \u201cbest\u201d is a relative term and an ideal offer for Milwaukee depends on what the team is prioritizing. But the Nets certainly have a large stash of draft assets if they decide to pursue the two-time MVP.<\/p>\n

On the latest edition of the Hoop Collective podcast (YouTube link<\/a>), ESPN\u2019s Brian Windhorst agreed that the Nets could be a suitor for Antetokounmpo, Lewis notes.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrooklyn has 10 tradable firsts, Michael Porter Jr.<\/a> and 11 tradeable firsts as of draft night,\u201d Windhorst said. \u201c\u2026 I think Brooklyn will seriously consider making an offer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lewis\u2019 aforementioned source assumed Porter would be involved in an outgoing package for Giannis, but an assistant GM thought the 27-year-old forward would be more likely to stay in Brooklyn, speculating that Nic Claxton<\/a> and Terance Mann<\/a> would be included instead for salary-matching purposes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nets make a lot of sense for him,\u201d one Eastern Conference assistant GM told Lewis. \u201cThey have some good future picks. [They] could, in theory, trade five future [first-round] picks, keep this year\u2019s pick, shut him down for the year? Tank?\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although the Nets clearly aren\u2019t focused on winning games this season, they\u2019ve long had their sights set on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[359,6409,56269,99,56248],"class_list":["post-438341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-michael-porter-jr","tag-nic-claxton","tag-sports","tag-terance-mann"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}