Central Notes: Jakucionis, Portis, Mitchell, Swain

By Luke Adams | at July 10, 2026 12:28 pm When the Bucks accepted the Heat‘s trade offer for Giannis Antetokounmpo, reporting at the time indicated that adding 2025 first-round pick Kasparas Jakucionis to a package that already included Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel’el Ware, and draft assets helped push Miami’s bid over the top. Asked this week about whether Jakucionis was a difference-maker in Miami’s offer, Jon Horst essentially confirmed as much, writes Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel, though the Bucks’ general manager said the same was true of the other three players Milwaukee acquired…