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By Michael Gallagher
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As the owner of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns and a co-owner of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, Jimmy Haslam has a lot of tough decisions to make.
The 72-year-old has been in the headlines recently for some of those moves, most notably trading away NFL sack leader Myles Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams and NBA champion Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Miami Heat.
Both moves sent shockwaves through their respective sports, and Haslam was criticized for trading away two of the biggest stars in the NFL and NBA. He even admitted on Friday that one of those who wasn’t on board with his bold moves was his own father.
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“My dad’s 95-and-a-half, but he still follows every sports move that we make,” Haslam told reporters on Friday. “He called me up after we traded Giannis and he goes, ‘Do you know that in the last month you traded Myles Garrett and Giannis?’ I said yes sir, I know that.”
Haslam admitted that trading both superstars wasn’t an easy pill to swallow, but both were necessary to set up both teams for future success.
“Listen, it’s all about what you get,” Haslam added. “Giannis is a generational player, won a championship, but we felt the need to get younger and he was the best asset we had, we’d mortgaged our future going forward, and I think we got four really good players and we got two No. 1 draft picks, so time will tell.
“We’ve got to use those picks wisely, just like with the Myles trade. … You’ve got to be realistic — rebuilding is no fun. I think it’s actually harder to rebuild in the NBA than it is in the NFL, but we’ll see.”
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Cleveland sent Garrett to Los Angeles in exchange for former Rookie of the Year and two-time Pro Bowl edge-rusher Jared Verse, a first-round pick in 2027, a second-round pick in 2028, and a third-round pick in 2029.
Milwaukee sent Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis Jr. to Miami in exchange for 26-year-old guard Tyler Herro, 25-year-old forward Jaime Jaquez Jr., 22-year-old center Kel’el Ware, 20-year-old guard Kasparas Jakucionis, the No. 13 overall pick in 2026, unprotected first-round picks in 2031 and 2033, a first-round pick swap in 2030, and a second-round pick in 2033.
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