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If you dare to leave the team, you dare to beat you up? Antetokounmpo and Durant, the Raptors have such a big appetite?

7:45am, 4 June 2025【Basketball】

I wonder if there are any careful fans who have made some summary after the Eastern Conference Finals?

If you go back three years, all teams that lost in the Eastern Conference Finals. He won the next year and successfully entered the finals of that year. So in other words, although the Knicks lost to the Eastern Conference Finals this year, can it be said that they have already booked the finals next year? Although the facts of the past three years are here, to be honest, I don’t think there is hope for the Knicks next year’s finals. The reason is simple. First, after being eliminated, there was a problem inside them.

Secondly, the east seems to usher in a drastic change soon! We all miss the Internet in 2018. I wonder if everyone still remembers the NBA offseason in 2018. What happened? That year, the NBA was also competing for many heroes. James, who ruled the east for nearly 10 years, chose to go to the west. Although the Bucks topped the list, their foundations were obviously not stable. In contrast, the rapidly rising Eastern powerhouses such as the 76ers, the Celtics, and the Raptors make the entire Eastern Conference look quite chaotic. The Raptors chose to gamble and sent DeRozan away for Leonard. Even though Leonard missed 22 regular season games due to injury that season, Anunobi even missed the playoffs due to injury. But Leonard was directly super heroic in the playoffs, leading the team to win the championship and laughed to the end.

Perhaps, the success of that year planted a seed in the heart of Raptors general manager Ujieli: As long as you can catch the opportunity, won the championship will be a matter of minutes? It doesn't take a long time to run away! In addition, this season, Tatum was injured and the Celtics were facing disintegration; although the Philadelphia 76ers formed the Big Three, the effect was really bad; and the Bucks were about to collapse. So, Ujri smelled the scent of timing again. According to famous reporter Wenhorst, the Raptors may make big moves during the offseason. Antetokounmpo, Durant, Jaylen Brown and other big fish on the market are all on their target list! There is news that the Raptors plan to get Durant and Antetokounmpo at the same time to let the two teams join forces. But there is no definite source for this news, so I am very suspicious.

However, because the Bucks do not have the depth of the lineup that year, according to Ujri's personality, it is not impossible to get two super giants in this situation to improve the strength of the lineup. But what is certain is that the Raptors' pursuit of Antetokounmpo is real. At present, the Raptors regard Antetokounmpo as the best cornerstone for the championship. Coincidentally, this Antetokounmpo is also a bit interesting to the Raptors. It seems that he wants to replicate Leonard's miracle back then? So the Raptors' main goal now is to get Antetokounmpo, followed by Durant; no matter how bad it is, there is Jaylen Brown, and even they are sure to get Sabonis Jr. to guarantee the deal. But if you want to talk about the probability that Antetokounmpo will come to Toronto, it can only be said that it depends on Ujri's courage and thoughts.

First of all, the decision to trade Antetokounmpo lies with Antetokounmpo. The biggest reason Antetokounmpo wants to leave the Bucks is that the team is not competitive enough. If the Raptors don’t have any subsequent operations, then Antetokounmpo may not be very good at going to the Raptors. So compared to preparing rich chips to impress the Bucks management, it is better to teach Antetokounmpo a good lesson, or draw a big pie so that Antetokounmpo can come willingly. Moreover, the team that wants to get Antetokounmpo is not only the Raptors, Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors, and even the Celtics also have the idea of ​​changing the core. So under the background of many rumors, it seems that Antetokounmpo staying in the Bucks is almost impossible. In order to keep him, his teammate Kuzma even posted a video of himself contacting boxing on social media, and Attack Antetokounmpo: "If you dare to leave, I will dare to beat you!"

Have Kuzma ever thought that Antetokounmpo has left, and you are the number one figure in the front line? Or is Kuzma worried that Antetokounmpo would be traded by the way after he left?