Bucks interested in bringing back Thanasis Antetokounmpo

Keith Smith: Part of the Bucks interest in trading MarJon Beauchamp (as @JakeLFischer reported earlier) is to open a roster spot. Milwaukee has some interest in re-signing locker room favorite Thanasis Antetokounmpo, a league source told @spotrac .

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Eurohoops: 💢😬 Gilbert Arenas claims he'd rather pay Thanasis Antetokounmpo $5 million than PJ Tucker because at least Thanasis wouldn’t poison the locker room. pic.x.com/gJRDSpZ4f3 -via Twitter @Eurohoopsnet / October 10, 2024

The Bucks would get Michigan big man Robert "Tractor" Traylor from Dallas in a swap that then-director of scouting Larry Harris said was a deal that was done before the draft and Nowitzki never was going to be in Milwaukee. Nonetheless, it's one of the biggest what-ifs in Bucks franchise history. Nowitzki recalled that draft night in his recent appearance on former Milwaukee Bucks forward Thanasis Antetokounmpo's podcast, The Thanalysis Show. "I think Milwaukee would have been great," Nowitzki said. -via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel / August 14, 2024

When Antetokounmpo reminded Nowitzki that he would have fit right in, given the city's rich German culture, Nowitzki, whose family still loves in Germany, agreed. "A lot of bratwursts," Nowitzki joked. "I think Milwaukee would have been fun. Being in Dallas, I enjoyed my time. It’s my new home. I still live there. It ended up working out for me. But I think Milwaukee would have been fun." -via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel / August 14, 2024

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