Report: Bucks keeping Giannis Antetokounmpo through trade deadline, sources say
Feb 05, 2026
The Milwaukee Bucks have indicated to teams that they are keeping Giannis Antetokounmpo through the trade deadline and will start making other trades, sources told ESPN on Thursday.Watch: Report: Bucks keeping Giannis Antetokoun
mpo through trade deadline, sources say Report: Bucks keeping Giannis Antetokounmpo through trade deadline, sources sayThis comes as all eyes are focused on Antetokounmpo ahead of Thursdays 2 p.m. CT trade deadline, with ESPNs Shams Charania reporting last week that the Bucks forward had been ready for a new home for months.According to Charania, the team has been focused on incoming calls for the two-time MVP and canvassing the NBA for small-salary trades, with Milwaukee remaining in talks to complete potentially more of the latter here on deadline day.ESPNs Brian Windhorst also joined the conversation Thursday morning, saying in part that if Antetokounmpo is not traded, he suspects the Bucks are going to deactivate Giannis and have him not play the rest of the season, and that the teams future now is highly dependent on their draft pick and Giannis avoiding injury. And they got to protect those legs.Meanwhile, according to Charania, sources told ESPN that the Bucks have agreed to trade Cole Anthony and Amir Coffey to the Phoenix Suns for Nick Richards and Nigel Hayes-Davis.Its about time to watch on your time. Stream local news and weather 24/7 by searching for TMJ4 on your device.Available for download on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and more.Report a typo or error
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