Every big-market contender eventually flirts with the idea of landing the league’s biggest star, and the New York Knicks are no exception. According to Sam Amick of The Athletic , the Knicks held exploratory trade discussions with the Milwaukee Bucks centered around Giannis Antetokounmpo, though nothing came close to materializing.

The conversations, described as preliminary and short-lived, reflected the Knicks’ growing confidence that they’re positioned to make plays for future Hall of Famers. But they also revealed something else — just how much the franchise values Jalen Brunson.

Brunson remains completely off-limits

When a player of Giannis’s caliber even becomes a hypothetical topic of conversation, most teams are willing to at least listen. But for the Knicks, there was one non-n

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