The trade deadline has passed, but the Giannis sweepstakes evidently have not. The latest saga of will-he-or-won't-he just got another major twist, and it's not Miami or New York leading the pack. Because Jake Fischer just revealed that front office executives around the league believe Minnesota has been the real destination all along, and the Timberwolves already made a serious push.
"Jaden McDaniels in my opinion, and I think in the opinion of a lot of front office executives around the league, was the best blue-chip prospect on the table and they thought that was going to be enough because Giannis Antetokounmpo, according to various people with insight to this situation, they believed that Giannis definitely wanted to go to Minnesota and team up with Anthony Edwards and help him get past the Western Conference Finals, a stage the Timberwolves have yet to achieve.