Kurtenbach: The big thing everyone seems to ignore in the Giannis-Warriors trade conversation

In the breathless, 24-hour cycle of NBA trade rumors, it’s easy to lose the plot. We obsess over the player, the potential destination, the salary cap math, and the hypothetical basketball implications. But in the current mania surrounding Giannis Antetokounmpo, everyone seems to be missing the forest for the trees. We are so busy asking where Giannis wants to go and bandying about how much the Golden State Warriors need him now, that we’ve forgotten the most important entity in the entire conversation: the Milwaukee Bucks. For months, perhaps years, the idea of trading the franchise icon was anathema in Wisconsin. It took several mortgages going underwater, a mountain of losses,...