With Damian Lillard in Milwaukee, keeping the Raptors' core together is becoming more and more dangerous by the day, writes Eric Koreen.
about needing evidence of his team’s desire to compete at the highest level. Without Lillard, the Bucks still would have been a title contender. With him, their title odds improve. It is a win-now move for a team that has won a lot of games, but was under pressure to display the willingness to get the most out of Antetokounmpo’s prime.
As it happens, the Bucks won a league-high 58 games last year. The Raptors won 41. Not that it is ever an easy decision to give up a player as good as, another starter in Grayson Allen, as well as a future pick and two pick swaps. With one of the best players in the world in his prime and exerting a little bit of pressure, they had as much incentive as any team to pull off this sort of trade.
The Bucks are sending to Portland their 2029 first-round pick and draft swaps in 2028 and 2030, sources said.
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