The Milwaukee Bucks want to do everything they can to get Giannis Antetokounmpo to sign a contract extension next summer, one of his bets is to bring quality reinforcements to give him a better chance of being a Champion.
That is why In the Bucks offices they went to work in the offseason, they analyzed the best prospects available in Free Agency and he would already have a chosen one.
Jrue Holiday would reach Bucks thanks to a mega swap
Is about Jrue Holiday, a guard who plays for the New Orleans Pelicans and for which they would give an unthinkable package of players and College Teams in the future.
Package includes Eric Bledsoe, George Hill and three first-round picks, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
On the paper, this move would give the Pelicans tremendous college pick flexibility, added to those he has from the Los Angeles Lakers, so they would have room to negotiate some of them.
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I wouldn’t get to the Bucks alone
On the other hand, Milwaukee is acquiring Sacramento Kings player Bogdan Bogdanovic, through a sign-and-trade agreement that sends Donte DiVincenzo, Ersan Ilyasova, and DJ Wilson to Sacramento.
These movements are thanks to the pressure that Giannis exerted on the board, since he is not happy with the staff he has and they have not been serious candidates for the title in the last three years.
Holiday, 30, was a defensive first-team pick in 2017-18 and a second-team selection in 2018-19. Also, he averaged 19.1 points and 6.7 assists last season.
Holiday has a millionaire contract
Holiday will be paid $ 25.4 million for the 2020-21 season and he has a player option for $ 26.3 million for the following year.
Thus, the Milwaukee Bucks would be pawning the future of the franchise in the hands of two players who are not superstars, but it would be enough to keep Giannis on the team.
For its part, Pelicans are holders of a 2021 reverse lottery protected selection from the Lakers which is unprotected in 2022, the right to a 2023 Lakers first-round pick change and a 2024 or 2025 change for another first round.
