Bucks All-Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has bought a stake in MLB’s Milwaukee Brewers, the Brewers announced on Friday (link via ESPN). He certainly has the means: the 6’11” reigning Finals MVP inked a five-year, $228MM+ supermax extension with Milwaukee ahead of his championship 2020/21 season with the Bucks.
“This is a dream come true for a kid from Sepolia, Athens, Greece, born from immigrant parents. I could have never imagined I would be in this position,” Antetokounmpo said during a news conference about the purchase on Friday. “I want to be involved in the community as much as possible. I know Milwaukee invested a lot in me, and I want to invest a lot of me back into the city of Milwaukee.”
For more on Antetokounmpo’s foray into MLB ownership, check out the story at MLB Trade Rumors.
There’s more out of the Central Division:
- Point guard Keifer Sykes has a chance to stick with the Pacers thanks to his solid Summer League play, writes J. Michael of The Indianapolis Star. New Indiana head coach Rick Carlisle appears to be in favor of Sykes’ addition. The 5’11” Sykes has been playing in various international leagues since going undrafted out of Green Bay in 2015.
- The Cavaliers explored adding a variety of wings during free agency, writes Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com. Josh Hart, Doug McDermott, Alec Burks, Reggie Bullock, Furkan Korkmaz and Kent Bazemore were all considered. Cleveland committed significant long-term money to Jarrett Allen this summer and drafted Evan Mobley with the No. 3 pick, prompting Fedor to explore whether the team might trade big man Larry Nance Jr. to bolster its wing depth, now that most appealing free agent swingmen are off the table.
- In case you missed it, restricted free agent forward Hamidou Diallo re-signed with the Pistons on a two-year, $10.4MM deal, with a team option for the second year of the contract.
I hope the Cavs don’t trade Nance.
Trade idea
76ers get Larry Nance, McDaniels, Beverley and 3 protected picks
Wolves get Simmons
Cavs get Beasley
Wolves new owners are more likely to approve protected picks
Nope.
I can’t see the Sixers doing that if the picks are protected. I could see picks going the other direction in a trade of Simmons for Lillard, but that deal is equally unlikely.
Lakers should look into getting nance to play the 4. Excellent permitter defender
They would if they could, but they can’t.
All they can add right now is someone on the veteran minimum.
You guys reported Diallo’s deal to be a second year team option – not player.
Yes, team option is right. I’ve updated this post to correct that.
Nance has been a good player for the Cavs. He doesn’t have eye popping stats every night but every night he gives you something good whether it’s 15 easy points, a few assists, a couple of open 3s, 8-12 rebounds or a couple of steals. Not all in one night but stuff that helps his team. He’s a glue guy. Add to the fact he’s on a team friendly contract the Cavs should keep him at least until for the next season.
A good player is worth something in trade, a bad player nothing. Partisans want to keep the good and trade the bad but that is not realistic, everyone doing the same.
Funny, I recall reading how his contract was the worst, back when people would talk like that, leaving out the “one of” part.
I was never one of those. He’s a solid player and the money isn’t much.
HR writers Kirschenbaum and Shaw certainly got two different takes from that Fedor article! The summary and the pull (about Grizz).