Bucks Trade Rumors Roundup, February 4th: Dark horse candidacy for AD, Thon Maker wants out, & more
With less than a week to go before the trade deadline(February 7th), the Bucks have taken the opportunity to try their hand out and see if they can shuffle some pieces in order to better their already-strong roster.
The Milwaukee Bucks are sitting atop the Eastern Conference leaderboard, with a league-best 38-13(0.745) win-loss record, currently 1.5 games clear of the second seed Raptors. Common opinion would suggest satisfaction on the front office's part, as the side looks steady enough to make a deep playoffs push this time around.
But, contrary to the above-mentioned belief, the franchise has been making recent waves on the trade market, showing positive signs of a possible players exchange. Having won nine of their last ten games and being led by East's All-Star team Captain and Coach, there's not much that escapes Milwaukee's resume at this point in time.
However, the postseason is a whole different ball game. Past experience screams of the records where teams that lead the conference in the East don't usually go on to make it big in the playoffs. And, the Milwaukee Bucks camp is aware of that, hence, the unending need for reinforcements.
Let's head to Milwaukee and sniff out some prominent trade storylines as the deadline nears.
#1 Milwaukee willing to go all out for Anthony Davis, but leave Giannis out of it
According to The Ringer's Kevin O'Connor,
New Orleans has options right now. The Lakers, Knicks, Bucks, and Raptors are expected to make trade offers for Davis ahead of the deadline, according to multiple front-office sources.
While all the attention was focused on the Celtics and Lakers and what offer could they possibly cook up to land Davis, the Milwaukee Bucks have emerged as dark horses in the race as well lately. One expected condition being that the Greek Freak shall remain untouched whatsoever.
In some parallel universe, Davis could be traded for a package containing Eric Bledsoe, Malcolm Brogdon and All-Star Khris Middleton. But that would mean giving away three of your top four scorers and leaving the superhuman pairing of Giannis and Davis in the frontcourt without any support.
Although it seems hard to imagine a good enough offer by the Bucks to trigger an AD trade, Milwaukee does provide one of many possible destinations for Davis in the recent future.
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