Bleacher Report Jake Fischer Were being told there is some type of split faction in MIL right now among the major stakeholders for the Bucks the Celtics to our understanding are not willing to offer the same level of multiple years of draft capital that the Miami Heat are

ALLCITY Marc Stein Its pretty well known at this point that Giannis wants to stay in the East The Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics are the two teams that have extreme confidence that Giannis will do an extension if hes traded there

Bill Simmons reveals Celtics made an offer for Giannis Antetokounmpo I think they dove in From what I heard they've made an offer in the past week A couple of days ago before I mentioned on Thursday I don't know what the offer was and I don't know who's in it but they are in

Per Bill Simmons Giannis was about to sign off on the Celtics trade but he wanted a 3 year extension at 35 of the cap but Boston was set on 2 years at 30 Brad Stevens would not budge on the extension and thats when he approved the trade to Miami

Latest intel on the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade saga per Chris Haynes Right now Im hearing the Boston Celtics not the Miami heat are the favorites to land Giannis in a trade

ALLCITY Marc Stein When it comes to Miami we know the bulk of the players on the table for Giannis Its Herro its Ware its Jaquez its the 13th pick Theres other unspecified draft considerations we havent confirmed that would presumably be in the deal Maybe more players

ALLCITY Marc Stein We know the Bucks really want an additional lottery pick If they do the deal w Miami theyll have 13 BOS only has 27 When you talk to people around the league the Bucks have been operating as though theyre going to have at least 2 lottery picks this draft