Knicks meet Giannis Antetokounmpo — and the question they can’t avoid

MILWAUKEE — Mikal Bridges saw the headlines. It’s hard not to. When a two-time MVP reportedly names your team as his preferred destination , the noise tends to find you.

Giannis Antetokounmpo has his sights set on Madison Square Garden, and the Knicks — like every front office in the league — would be foolish not to listen. This is a player who single-handedly delivered Milwaukee its first championship in half a century, the kind of generational talent worth emptying the vault for.

The irony, of course, is that Bridges was the vault.

The Knicks sent out five first-round picks to acquire him from Brooklyn two summers ago — the same draft capital they’d now need to rebuild if Antetokounmpo ever forced his way out of Milwaukee. Which makes Bridges, fairly or not, a potential trade chip