The Portland Trail Blazers receive: Giannis Antetokounmpo
The Milwaukee Bucks receive: Scoot Henderson, Shaedon Sharpe, Kris Murray, Matisse Thybulle (via sign-and-trade), 2028 first-rounder, 2029 1st rounder, 2030 reversal of prior first-round swap, 2031 protected first-rounder, $11.9 million trade exception (Antetokounmpo)
The Trail Blazers have a low-key viable offer to make for Antetokounmpo. Before their playoff run, many may have dismissed Portland as a viable suitor. Still, the team has taken significant steps forward, boasts two of Antetokounmpo’s former teammates (Jrue Holiday and Damian Lillard), and can return some of the Bucks’ picks to Milwaukee from the Lillard trade.
Portland would try to keep one of Henderson or Sharpe out of the deal, doing something instead around Jerami Grant. Milwaukee must use whatever leverage it has for two young, talented backcourt additions, along with sizable draft compensation.
NBA buzz has Antetokounmpo preferring to play in the Eastern Conference, away from powerhouse teams like the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs, while also staying closer by time zone to family in Greece. Whether that’s true or not remains to be seen, as Holiday’s relationship with Antetokounmpo may be the wild card.
