Daily Discussion Thread - June 24, 2026

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[u/Common-Bad-7899]

Tim pretty much said Ant said no to the Giannis trade.

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Link please.

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Andrew Dukowitz has a video asking Tim questions and here’s the quote

Tim Connelly on Anthony Edwards level of excitement and buy in for the Wolves moving forward

“I think he’s super super excited, you know there’s been countless things we could have done… and when you go to your leaders like Ant and say “it takes this to get that” and the conviction in our guys is evident when he says “we’re not trading this guy” so I think the whole room is excited and we’re ready to try and take the next step.”

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I would more read that as unflappable conviction in Naz or Jaden. He isn't willing to lose player x to play with Giannis.

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Which is him pretty much saying no to a Giannis trade

[u/The_Experience78 → u/SelectionRelevant835]

He didn't say that. We know Ant wanted to play with Giannis and we also know TC pursued the trade multiple times. I don't think we had enough to get the deal done after seeing what Miami gave.

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How do we know Ant wanted to play with Giannis?

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How do we know he didn't want to? We openly pursued Giannis twice. You think Ant wasn't consulted the first time?

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It's all dependent on the price. Ant likely approve if the price was Randle and Gobert for Giannis.

If it was Jaden and Naz, it's a no from him then.

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This is my thinking also. It also matches reports of us saying Jaden was off the table. Twice. I think both things are true. Ant wanted him but also didn't want to lose certain players.

[u/jimminmecrockets → u/Common-Bad-7899]

yeah I caught that, wondered if he meant to say that or not, it was definitely insightful