“They overplayed their hand and should have moved him …

The Bucks are already up against it on the leverage front, with interested teams enjoying these dumpster-fire dynamics that improve their negotiating stance when the summer rolls around. Yes, in other words, they need to be able to discuss the prospect of trading a fully healthy Antetokounmpo when all those rival executives come their way in the next few months. To hear one such executive tell it, all of this is the kind of front office fodder that will make the already-challenging trade talks that much harder for Milwaukee.