Amick: Bucks GM going for blood in Giannis Antetokounmpo trade discussions

Sam Amick: But I mean—yes—like, it’s Steph’s party. It’s right next to Chase Center at the Splash restaurant and bar that they have there. It’s a Warriors evento. Yes, and it’s almost midnight. And Giannis and his wife Mariah—they come to the party. They go up the stairs, and the room kind of stops. Like, I’m literally talking to Joe Lacob in that moment, and it was pretty entertaining to see Joe kind of turn and start having—you know—kind of hearts in his eyes as he looks up the stairs. But that being said, the Warriors—and my colleagues at The Athletic just put this out yesterday—all signs point to them being all-in on the Jimmy Butler era. Major changes are not the focus right now. They want to build around their new Big Three. So, we’ll see where it goes. -via YouTube / May 16, 2025

Logan Murdock: It doesn’t seem, at this point, that the Golden State Warriors are in the Giannis sweepstakes. I don’t think they will be— not because they don’t want to—but more so because they just don’t have the assets to get him. There was a big brouhaha—you wrote about it, I wrote about it—about Giannis and Steph hanging out at the All-Star Game. From what I heard—and I’m sure you heard the same thing—there was a feeling that Giannis was very, very intrigued by the idea of one day being a teammate of Steph Curry. There was at least a sense from league officials that Giannis wanted to play with Steph in the very near future. That was the impression many people got during that soirée. -via YouTube / May 16, 2025

Per ESPN’s Brian Windhorst: “Yes, there is a package that the Warriors could use [to get Giannis],” Windhorst said on the ESPN show “Get Up” Friday morning. “They have some future draft picks. They have interesting young players. Like last year, Brandon Podziemski was off limits. Who knows if that’s going to be the case this year? But they can’t win a bidding war. First off, I just want to say Giannis has not let it be known he certainly wants out of Milwaukee, so I do not think we should assume that. If we do reach that point where Giannis was going to look around, he will have agency in this. He has two years left on his contract. The Bucks don’t have to listen to him, but if he were to come to Milwaukee and say, I want to play with Steph [Curry], there could be a deal worked out. “The same would apply, in my view, to the Knicks or [Los Angeles Lakers], if he says I want to be a Knicks, send me to New York or I want to be a Laker. These are big ifs. Those trades can get worked out. But if it’s just an open market, none of those three teams, in my opinion, could win a bidding war with the Bucks.” -via CBSSports.com / May 16, 2025