{"id":482082,"date":"2026-02-03T08:42:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T07:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=482082"},"modified":"2026-02-03T08:42:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T07:42:46","slug":"milwaukee-bucks-engage-on-giannis-antetokounmpo-counteroffers-sent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/milwaukee-bucks-engage-on-giannis-antetokounmpo-counteroffers-sent\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee Bucks engage on Giannis Antetokounmpo: counteroffers sent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2051\" data-end=\"2542\">With three days left before the NBA trade deadline, the market for <strong data-start=\"2126\" data-end=\"2169\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/span><\/span><\/strong> is picking up: the <strong data-start=\"2189\" data-end=\"2232\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/span><\/span><\/strong> have issued counteroffers to teams pushing hard for a deal, per ESPN citing sources relayed by <strong data-start=\"2328\" data-end=\"2371\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Shams Charania<\/span><\/span><\/strong>. After years of resisting the idea of moving their two-time MVP, Milwaukee is now said to be actively engaging a handful of teams on a potential franchise-altering trade.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2544\" data-end=\"3012\">Among the most active suitors mentioned are the <strong data-start=\"2592\" data-end=\"2635\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Miami Heat<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"2637\" data-end=\"2680\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"2682\" data-end=\"2725\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Golden State Warriors<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and the <strong data-start=\"2734\" data-end=\"2777\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">New York Knicks<\/span><\/span><\/strong>. Sitting at 18-29 and coming off a fifth straight loss after Sunday\u2019s blowout versus the <strong data-start=\"2867\" data-end=\"2910\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Boston Celtics<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, the Bucks are reportedly seeking a young blue-chip talent and\/or a surplus of draft picks in return.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3014\" data-end=\"3395\">ESPN also reports that <strong data-start=\"3037\" data-end=\"3080\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/span><\/span><\/strong> has told the organization for months he believes it\u2019s time to move on after 12-plus years together. He\u2019s played 30 games this season, averaging 28.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 5.6 assists on 64% shooting, but is currently sidelined with a right calf injury he estimated at 4\u20136 weeks, with no official team timeline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN reports that, with three days to the deadline, Milwaukee is actively talking with multiple suitors and seeking a young blue-chip piece and\/or a haul of picks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":371677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[175],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-482082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","rumors-nba-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Milwaukee-Bucks.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482082"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=482082"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=482082"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=482082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}