It’ll be <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/sports/knicks-giannis-antetokounmpo-trade-talks-a-warning-to-core-players/">the storyline that dominates</a> the first half of the NBA season — the greatest player in the Eastern Conference could be traded! — and the Knicks already dwell in the middle of the mess.

A source <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/sports/knicks-talked-giannis-trade-with-bucks-over-summer-in-blockbuster-reveal/">confirmed the Knicks and Bucks discussed a deal</a>, as first reported by ESPN, which went nowhere productive in negotiations but unearthed the important news that Giannis Antetokounmpo prefers MSG as his home above any others.

If you deduce the reasons such a story would leak during training camp — several weeks after trade negotiations stalled — the logical conclusion is it came from Antetokounmpo’s camp.

The greatest player in the Eastern Conference could be traded — and the Knicks already dwell in the middle of the mess. {ai:summary}<p>Knicks–Bucks trade chatter surfaces as the Greek Freak saga looms early in the season; negotiations stalled, Knicks in the middle.</p><p>Giannis reportedly prefers MSG, and the leak during training camp likely came from his camp #sports</p>

Making sense of the Giannis Antetokounmpo rumors and how he would end up with the Knicks

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