Overview
- Team officials are actively reviewing and countering offers ahead of Thursday’s cutoff, with a premium set on elite young talent or significant draft capital.
- Multiple reports place Minnesota at the top of Antetokounmpo’s preference list, and the Timberwolves have been restructuring salary and asset flexibility to position a player-centric package.
- Miami is considered a serious bidder, with reporting that its proposal features Ke’lel Ware and Tyler Herro along with multiple future first-round picks and possible swaps.
- Golden State has proposed a pick-heavy framework that includes Draymond Green, yet league reporting indicates Milwaukee currently rates Minnesota’s and Miami’s packages more highly.
- Co-owner Jimmy Haslam praised Antetokounmpo and emphasized collaborative decision-making as the star expressed a desire to retire in Milwaukee while acknowledging alternatives, with his calf strain and contract timeline keeping an offseason resolution in play.