Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show - Is there any chance that Bulls trade for Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo?

Episode Date: February 2, 2026

Marshall Harris and Mark Grote wondered if there’s any chance that the Bulls trade for Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Rahimi Harris and Grotie. Middays 10 to 2. On 104, 3, the score. 115, 103, Milwaukee. And this in the second half, you want to run a storyline. It's all about number 34. Two-time MVP, Janus. Yonis to the rim, up and good. He dove to the cup on a beautiful pass by A.J. Green,

who led him to the rim. That's the voice of Chuck Swirsky right here on the score. Obviously, Janus, Tentacompo highlight right there. Bulls Radio Network. It's crazy, man. So right now the betting favorite is per Draft Kings and Kalshi that Yannis stays with the Milwaukee Bucks. But if he doesn't stay with the Milwaukee Bucks, the favorite would be the favorite at large, at least according to those two sites, are, would be the Chicago Bulls. It's crazy because they've got draft Kings as of this morning, had the bucks as the primary place that he would play, the odds on favorite.

He'll play in Milwaukee post-trade deadline at plus 110. Next up, the Chicago Bulls at plus 275. Next after that is the Golden State Warriors at plus 350, and after that it's the heat at plus 700. I don't understand how the Bulls got to the top of this list. Because if I said what would the Bulls give to the Bucks, that the Bucs, would actually want, I can't come up with a package that makes sense for the bucks. No, none of it makes sense. And if you don't believe us, why don't we bring you some Bulls authority here in the way of Casey Johnson?

He was on the score today with Mully and Haw and does not believe the Bulls would make a big splash for Janus. I don't see them going big game hunting at all. I've not heard that. I don't know where those rumors are coming from. I mean, have they maybe had calls about, you know, just kicking the tires or seeing what that would take? I mean, yeah, the situation, personally, this is just my personal opinion. I think that's going to happen in the offseason rather than this week. I just think it's too big of a deal to push over the finish line this week, and more teams will have more things in play over the summer closer to the draft.

That's just my personal feeling. Yeah, I mean, you can put it like that. You can put it anyway. you want. It's just not realistic. It's not tenable. It's not what Janus would want. Not that necessarily matters. Why would he want that?

You've got to be somewhere where there's enough help to get you in the playoffs and as a championship contender. Right now, the bucks are sitting below the Bulls. I want you really understand that. The bucks are below the Bulls in the standings.

And even when Janus came back, they were a 500 team with Yonis. And that tells you where the bucks are with the likes of Bobby Portis. And remember, they went out and got Miles Turner off of an Eastern Conference champion Pacers team because they thought that would help them get where they want to go. It has not worked out that way. Yannis isn't even healthy, by the way. And it just seems like his time in Milwaukee's coming in. Another thing is doing a deal before the deadline, you might get someone desperate like the Golden State Warriors to come after him because the window was running out on Steph Curry.

right now. Jimmy Butler's out for the year, torn ACL. If you wait till the off season, you have a better idea of whose picks are where and what's more valuable. And then guys post-trade deadline, you know exactly what you want to build. It's just a clearer picture at that point in a very loaded 2026 NBA draft of what you'd be getting and where you'd be getting it from. While I was watching, and yeah, somehow, some way I stuck through a, 134-91. Wait, the whole thing? Not the whole thing?

When they were down 39 after three-quarters? Here's the truth of it. Tell me the truth. Actually, I was out in about, I was at my favorite Starbucks, which these days is the Palmer House Hilton. I just like the Starbucks. It's full service, lots of outlets. Plenty of room. Plenty of room.

There's always a table. There's always outlets. So I don't have to think about any of that stuff. And I like the people action at hotels that I find it to be extraordinary and interesting and all of that. So I was there doing my. my work and I was listening to Chuck because the game started at 5 p.m. But then I kind of lost a little bit of interest. I got the game DVRing the whole time. I get back home. I put the Bulls game on. I hear Adam Amin. I hear and Stacey talking about not the game. I hear them talking about

Stacey talking about how his parents encouraged him to be a singer. And Adam Amine was waxing poetically about Yuki Kawamura and his background and how he could relate to it. And it was really beautiful. But I was like, to me, I was like, oh, this game's got to be over because they're just talking about stuff. I'm like, oh, no, it's late in the third quarter and they're down 54. That's why these guys are trying to find other topics that are going on. There was a picture, or there was a video at one point in time, a live shot that they showed of Pat Riley and Alonzo morning just sitting there. And I was like, oh man, gangsters, just a couple of gangsters, man, because Pat Riley always

with the slicked hair, he's always got that bat. And Alonzo Morning always scared me because he was a mean player, man. He meant business. He was a physical player and he's just got that look. I'm like, Yadis is going to Miami. Everybody knows it. Right?

They're just, they're always, that franchise is always waiting. Always leaving the door open, unlike the Bulls, for the possibility that they get to lure their next dream team into South Florida. So a long way for me to go to say that I bet Miami is the favorite. I don't know what this Bulls thing is. It feels like a sham to me. It is a sham.

You know what it is? So the betting market works, as you know, by people betting on things. And that's what moves to the market. I think a lot of people read way too much into the fact that Janus bought like an apartment building in Chicago. And he was, I guess. And he likes the Greek restaurants and whatnot. Yes. I think he was seen at a church in Chicago.

Like, okay, it's right down the road from Milwaukee. He's got lots of money. Let's not get carried away. I mean, I can jump on a private plane or just get a private driver to drive him wherever. He can go to New York City for dinner in the offseason if he wants. Of course he loves Chicago. Who wouldn't, who doesn't? And what athlete?

It's like you two when they tour the Midwest, they just stay in Chicago because they like Chicago. And when I talk about, let's be realistic, because a lot of people just start looking at salaries and putting them through trade machines, what use do the Milwaukee Bucks have for Nicaravu? Butovich's salary. It's expiring, but that's about it. Like, he's not going to get re-signed by the Bucks. Can they lure a star player? Like, they've got to get a young star back.

That's why Miami, from a buck standpoint, makes more sense. If they're willing to trade Kelo Ware, where is a young beast. I know you saw him. He had a putback jam in that game. Can shoot the three? Six man, right? Yes. Couldn't even play in Saturday's game because the Bulls were too fast.

Yeah, yeah. But boots didn't play. But once Vooch was back in there on Sunday, where it took over? The Bulls, by the way, on Saturday... Talk to me. ...were without. You know this.

They were without Giddy, Vooch, Kobe White, Jalen Smith, Trey Jones, and Zach Collins, which meant their starters were. I.O., Bozellus. Give me that start in five.

Hurtur. Kevin Hurtur. Give me that start in five, though. Patrick William. His first start of the year, maybe? For the career? maybe second or third?

I mean... I don't think he's been out there much. I might need a fact checking on that one, but pretty close. And Akoro was the starting. So I-O-Bazellas, Herder, Patrick Williams, and Akoro were your starters. And the Bulls won! That's why they got demolished last night, by the way, because Pat Riley and Spow, Kevin, Eric Spolster were like, eh-uh, not again.

You need to get up 54 against the Bulls now. That was their second start of the season for Patrick Williams, by the way, in seconds. I wasn't far off. You were curious. Let me tell you, in that game, he was three of six from three. In the next game, he was 0 for seven from three. Oh, wow. In Sunday's game. Wow. They put it to the Bulls.

They came out off the top rope, high-flying, tag team, and just 72 points in the paint. And so the Bulls, that's why they need to move Vouch, but that's not, they need to dump salary and get prospects back, or at least younger players that fit that. Boozellis and Josh Giddy timeline. And for Janus, the betting market's going crazy, but he ain't coming to Chicago. Get that out of your head. Yeah. It makes no sense whatsoever.

Now, I will say this, Grody, if the Bulls can get rid of Vooch and Kobe and get something back in the way of a first round pick or two or a protected pick, that's more stuff they could put together in a trade in the off season for Yonis. So I think that's the play. Get as nimble and flexible as you can, and maybe you make a push for Janus in the offseason, but they got work to do. And it doesn't sound like they're going to throw up this white flag on making, you know,

the play in their desired destination each and every season for the last three years. Here come the heat. Shout out, though, by the way, I mentioned Yuki Kawamura of the two-way contract. He did get to play. He did get the play. And yesterday, 6-66, 6. 6 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists. He didn't just get to play. Did you see the moment in Saturday Night's game in which he had a jump ball?

Oh, he won the jump ball. Yes. With Casperis Yacuchunis. Yeah. And what's his height? Five foot eight for your boy. I saw five seven listed in one place. Oh, okay.

Okay. Basketball reference has him five seven. Really? Give him five eight. Give him five eight. So Yuki at well below six foot and Yacuchunis, six foot five. And he won the jump ball. And that was the point

when I was like, oh, the Bulls were going to win this game. Oh, wow. Kawamara, he wanted it more. There's no doubt. If you're 5'8, you live for that moment, right? Nobody wanted it more than the heat last night, though. Oh, my God. Because they got punished.

They got punished last night. It was a 43 point loss. They were down 54 at one point in time. Brody. It's the 10th worst loss in Bulls franchise history. Oh, my God. The 43 point margin of defeat. That's our record right there.

So hopefully the Bulls, when they're at Milwaukee, tomorrow they'll get it together. They missed 26 of their first 28 threes. Oh my God. Is that bad? Is that bad? That's horrendous. The Heat set a franchise record for assists in a game with 44. Wow. The Bulls had 18 assists to go with

their 18 turnovers in the game. Just demolished. 24 and 26, the heat now 27 and 24. Got one more piece of audio. If we needed more to make the point about Janus, and it's I want to play this because Luke Canellis is, you

know, he's broken news. He is, man. Our guy Lou over there at Channel 5. Looking good on NBC 5. Luke Connellis, nice job. I see you got Anthony Herron hanging out over there now. It's all over at 5 right now. But Luke Canellis, this morning on Mully and Haw, was asked if it could happen seeing Janus in a Bulls uniform. You know when it's going to happen? Never. You know what? You know what? They're not. You want me to give you a chance? zero. And zero's left the building. There just is no interest. And as Casey touched on, it's because AK and Mark Eversley and Billy Donovan and Michael Reinsdorf have decided that this is our

opportunity to rebuild from the ground up. And they're full of draft capital. And they have Modis Bezellis and they have Josh Giddy, who actually, even at $100 million bucks on his contract, it's a friendly contract out there. It's team friendly. And here, for Janus, he wants to go to a team where he can win a championship in the next three, four years. He might as well stay in Milwaukee. Now, to follow up on what Doc Rivers said, life may not change after the trade deadline. Yeah, it was pretty decisive. And the reason that is important to play Lou is because he'd want to give every benefit of the doubt for the possibility of Janus coming here.

And he's got the connection there, too. So that's an incredibly important voice right there. That man said zero. He didn't say 5%, 1%, he said zero. Oh, no! Right. And I don't know if that comes from Janus, but sometimes as reporters, we get information, and it allows us to speak with authority sometimes. And that might be what's going on with it.

I don't know that for sure. I really don't. But sometimes that's the way it works in the reporter world. Usually people in the circle be chirping. And you better be listening and picking up little backcrums when you hear them. It's called background. It's like, no, I can't let you say it. you can say it say what you will with the information that I allow you to to use so yeah it's fun

it's interesting it gets the it makes your adrenaline go up like really quickly and then it's like wait a minute here that's not going to happen um Frank Thomas is one of the greatest Chicago athletes of all time he is again again mad at the Chicago White Sox when we return we will tell you why. It is Rahimi Harrison Grody on 104-3 The Score.