Charania I'm not aware of any involvement from Giannis in this search process This was something that the Bucks genuinely ledmy understanding is that there's been zero communication between these two sides since the deadline as far as Giannis and the organization's top brass

Charania on Giannis Antetokounmpo The resolution is coming on that one Pat In process I would say now and between the NBA draft on the 23rd One thing I did pick up last week and into this week Gianniss stance has not changed

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

Charania I do know a lot of teams are calling LeBron and his camp I spoke to Rich Paul last week and he told me every contender in the NBA has essentially placed a call since the season ended

Charania The Lakers have made it clear that they want him back but the one thing I do know is that multiple contenders are already circling If LeBron is really going to hit the open market and decide and have a true free agency he's not going to have a shortage of teams

Charania The Denver Nuggets are expected to take calls on everyone on their roster except Nikola Jokic as they head into a summer expected to bring real roster changes

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