One team almost guaranteed to kick the tires on Antetokounmpo is the Golden State Warriors. Though the hard-capped Warriors hardly have an asset warchest to offer the Bucks, Golden State can dangle a contract to match salaries that another team might not dangle -- or cannot dangle.

Giannis Antetokounmpo's calf strain has no timetable for return, significantly altering the Milwaukee Bucks' season outlook.

“Another concept that keeps coming up: Rumbles that the Knicks have explored pathways to try to acquire Portland's Jrue Holiday,” Stein wrote on Monday night.