Windhorst There was a trade in place between Golden State Phoenix and Miami that would have sent Kevin Durant to the Warriors Jimmy Butler to the Suns and Andrew Wiggins to the Heat but Durant stepped in to shut it down causing the Warriors to pivot to getting Jimmy Butler themselves

Windhorst Golden State has moved on Minnesota who was also very aggressively trying to get Giannis they have also moved on So you can tell Minnesota and Golden State are not getting Giannis the Miami Heat are still out there The Heat are still trying to make moves to improve their offer

Windhorst The Cleveland Cavaliers have reached out to Milwaukee about Giannis Antetokounmpo Dallas about Anthony Davis and LA about James Harden

Darren Wolfson Kevin Durant vetoed a trade to the Timberwolves last summer because he didn't want to play under Chris Finch I don't have all the inner-workings of this but my understanding is KD had trepidation playing for Chris Finch Superstars want to play with Anthony Edwards

Windhorst The Minnesota Timberwolves are actively recruiting third and fourth teams in an attempt to help improve their offer for Giannis Antetokounmpo

Windhorst This deal can get done if Cavs say yes What's holding the Cavs up is I'm sure what they might have to pay James Harden in a new contract but also that they actually want to fracture the core 4 This ball is sitting in the Cavs court right now

Charania The Golden State Warriors have officially ended their pursuit of Giannis Antetokounmpo Golden State was of the belief that Milwaukee is not serious about trading their 2x MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo at the deadline