Overview

• He told reporters he is locked in with Milwaukee for this season but said it would be human to reassess in six to seven months.
• Doc Rivers said GM Jon Horst has never called a team about Antetokounmpo and there has been no trade request.
• ESPN reporting said he met with Horst in July to question the club’s title trajectory and privately evaluated alternatives, with the Knicks identified as the lone preferred option.
• League insiders say teams are preparing for a possible short-term Milwaukee tenure, while reporting indicates Knicks–Bucks talks were only exploratory and New York’s assets and apron limits complicate any bid.
• Analysts cite salary-matching and apron rules as barriers to a February trade, pointing instead to next offseason’s extension window as Milwaukee’s leverage point after waiving and stretching Damian Lillard to sign Myles Turner.