The Bucks cut Lillard! Famous reporter: If this can be exchanged for Antetokounmpo staying in the team for a long time, it would be worth it

Today, ESPN reporter Tim Bontemps talked about Lillard's layoffs by the Bucks on the show.

Bontemps said: "I talked to a team executive yesterday and he said that this operation is like an idea that comes out when sitting in a conference room in July and racking his brains to get the team out of trouble, but looking back in two years, you will only regret 'what was thinking about it'. The Bucks will have to bear 22 million yuan in dead money salary space every year in the next five years, which is like a shackle that cannot be removed: you can't trade, you can't buy out, you can't bear it. This means the Bucks will be held back until 2030."

Then Bontemps said: "Of course, if this can be exchanged for Antetokounmpo to stay in the team for a long time, it would be worth it. After all, he is the greatest player in the team history, and the longer he stays, the better. But if it is only a short-term stop, this decision will bring several years of pain. Although Turner is a high-quality player, as a three-pointer and a franchise-protecting center, he cannot make up for Lillard's firepower gap of 24 points per game last season. For the Bucks, they still have this fatal shortcoming after this deal."