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Summary of what we know (and from who) about what Giannis actually wants:

- He wants a "winning culture like the Mazzulla and Celtics" - direct quote from Giannis to Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel in Apr

- Not being traded to a west coast team because of travel to Greece from west coast - Bill Simmons to Zach Lowe https://clutchpoints.com/nba/milwaukee-bucks/bucks-rumors-bill-simmons-drops-giannis-antetokounmpo-trade-preference-intel

- Giannis doesnt like LA - direct quote

- Giannis has legitimate interest in Minnesota - Windhorst

- Hawks are not interested, nor are SAS or OKC - Mark Stein

Based on this, here are Bucks top options:

1. Boston - Brad Stevens all but screamed they want a Giannis type player, and there has been a ton of noise about Brown. If they're willing to move him, they get Giannis, so MKE can do the same 2 deal move PDX did with Dame

Giannis to Boston for Brown and 2-3 picks

Brown to PDX/Miami/ATL and whoever else for a haul

2. Cleveland - Cleveland can put Mobley and 2 1sts in a package for him, though they probably need commitment from Donovan before they're willing to do it. That said, Mobley + 2 1sts trumps Miami's best offer

3. Houston - Sengun, Sheppard/Jabari, and 3 picks is a solid offer. Sengun's stock dropped in the playoffs, but he is 23 and averaged 22 and 10

4. Miami - 26, 30, 32 1sts, Ware, Herro, and some Kas/JJJ/Pelle

5. Minnesota - They will have the same package at from the deadline (with Jaden's value increasing), + 3 picks they can move.

6. Orlando - They dont have picks, but Paulo, their 1st this year, and maybe another young player might get it done

Teams who probably wont be threats:

1. Knicks - Dont have the picks and the marquee player (KAT) isnt marquee enough, even after this offseason

2. Lakers - Luka doesnt want to move Reeves in a deal for Giannis and they dont have the assets otherwise

3. Spurs/Hawks/OKC - no interest in speeding up their timelines or parting with young pieces

4**. GSW/PDX/LAC -** Giannis doesnt want to be on the west coast

TLDR, essentially, if Boston is serious about moving JB for Giannis, and all the public messaging from credible people is that they are, they probably get him. Cleveland and Houston's best offers trump us too.

Dont get your hopes up

Lively launched the brand in the summer of 2014 but had to close it up about a year later, telling Vogue it "never caught up to its original mission," as it is "not making a difference in people's lives, whether superficially or in a meaningful way."

Now, sources have said a lot of "chaos" was going on behind the scenes, especially as her brother Eric ran the company.

"The entire company was an absolute disaster," a former staff member said. "The workplace allegations that Blake is making now [against Baldoni] are deeply ironic, given that it was one of the most insane, toxic, emotionally draining, and disorganized environments you could imagine."

The employees alleged that Eric frequently drank alcohol in the company, smoked pot, and even forced staff to work sitting on the floor for "months" before buying furniture.

"The impression [Blake] left on me after I worked at Preserve is that she doesn't care," another ex-employee said. "It was a really toxic work environment."

When the "toxic" culture became unbearable, senior staff reportedly set up a meeting with Lively to complain about Eric and ask for help in running the company, but she wasn't having any of it.

"[Blake] immediately shut it down and said she wouldn't be entertaining anything about her brother," an ex-staff member alleged. "The entire meeting was about Eric, and Blake just didn't want to hear anything about it, so it went nowhere."

"When they went to have the meeting, Blake didn't care about any of it and didn't want to hear about any of it," another former staffer said. "Which is why [some employees] ended up going through with legal action."