New York Knicks Insider slams Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors

The New York Knicks were one of the more trigger-happy teams on the trade market this past season, acquiring Mikal Bridges from the Brooklyn Nets and Karl-Anthony Towns from the Minnesota Timberwolves in blockbuster deals.

With Towns being traded, the league is wondering who the next superstar on the trade block will be, and many seem to think it could be Milwaukee Bucks legend Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Antetokounmpo, who turns 30 next month, is off to a slow start this season for the Bucks, who cashed in on many of their future assets last year to acquire star point guard Damian Lillard from the Portland Trail Blazers.

While rumors of an Antetokounmpo trade are growing louder, New York Post insider Stefan Bondy doesn’t think the Knicks are a potential landing spot for the Greek Freak.

“One source called the Knicks’ chances of trading for Antetokounmpo ‘highly unlikely.’ Their offer would be blown away by the competition,” Bondy writes. “The Knicks had obviously spent years stockpiling their young players and gathering resources before completing three blockbusters between December and September.”

Any offer the Knicks made for Antetokounmpo would likely include one, if not two, of the players the team recently traded for in the past year. Therefore, it wouldn’t make much sense for such a deal to happen.

If Antetokounmpo were to be traded, the Knicks would hope he would be sent to the Western Conference to keep him out of the way during any potential playoff series other than the NBA Finals.

It would take a lot for the Bucks to move on from Antetokounmpo, especially considering how much the Bucks have invested in him and his teammates over the last few years.

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