Overview
- Green recounted on his podcast that GM Mike Dunleavy Jr. told him a Giannis framework would likely require including either him or Jimmy Butler to make salaries work.
- Antetokounmpo was not traded before the Feb. 5 deadline and remains with the Bucks.
- Golden State shifted course and completed a deal for Kristaps Porzingis.
- Miami reportedly pushed hard for Antetokounmpo and believed talks were genuine before the Bucks shut discussions down hours before the deadline, per the Miami Herald’s Barry Jackson.
- Both the Warriors and Heat are expected by some reporters to revisit Antetokounmpo scenarios in the summer, though any future pursuit remains unconfirmed.