Smith The Jimmy Butler situation is holding up the trade market Assistant GM We have a deal basically done but the other team could be in a four- or five-team trade involving Butler So they need to hold for now That's going to be such a big trade that we all just have to wait it out

Bobby Portis says Bucks players cant even have conversations right now with each other because the future of Giannis is so blurry Its hard for us right now to have a conversation when the future is so blurry The owner said by the draft theyre going to do something with Giannis

Manning The Boston Celtics have interest in trading Jaylen Brown for Giannis Antetokounmpo Its obviously clear the Celtics have some interest in making this happen and this thing could speed up quickly here

Donovan Mitchell told Marc Spears of ESPN to stop the trade speculation and that he wants to return to Cleveland and work on his next deal Mitchell becomes eligible for a 4YR272M contract extension on July 7 or if he waits until 2027 a 5YR350M contract with a no-trade clause

Charania Minnesota Lakers Celtics Heat Knicks those are the teams that had interest in Giannis at the deadline You think about teams like Miami and Minnesota those were more back and forth engagement conversations Then you had teams like CLE LAL BOS NYK that just checked in

Masai Ujiri Youve got Wembanyama Luka Shai Anthony Edwards and Nikola Jokic all for the next 7-15 years Okay now you have to convince me that I have to beat all those guys You gotta come with something in your pocket okay and in his pocket he had Cooper Flagg

Haynes There is a good chance that Anthony Davis is traded once again before the beginning of the 2026-27 NBA season