One_and_Done wrote:RiotPunch wrote:One_and_Done wrote:Which is how I would feel if I were a Bucks fan... but if Giannis demands a trade then all that goes out the window. The idea you can conduct an open bidding process in those circumstances is just not logical. If he had 5 years on his contract maybe.
Two years under contract isn't nothing, though. Horst just got an extension (gross) and he can play a little hardball with Giannis if he "demands" out. If we're not getting prime capital in this draft, might as well keep him healthy and recanvass at the deadline or next summer. Maybe the group clicks and he's reinvested. No need to take the best of mediocre offers.
Experience suggests that, barring unusual circumstances, a players value starts to drop every day past the 2 year mark on their contract expiry. That is without a trade demand. With a trade demand it gets even worse and more complex. Giannis has a agree with where he is going after all.
The upshot is basically this; if Giannis demands a trade to a specific team or teams, and I actually don't think he will, then you will get good value for Giannis, but not optimal value. I won't get into what I think is fair from Houston, but from the Spurs I suspect the offer would be something like Castle, 5-7 picks, and filler (e.g. Keldon, Wesley, Branham, etc). That is not an unreasonable offer for a 30 year old given the circumstances of a trade demand. The Spurs have some really, really juicy looking picks to include after all; but the #2 is just too valuable to include.
Experience suggests that those juicy, juicy looking picks might just be juicy turds.
If Giannis is healthy, do you think that Spurs offer changes at the deadline?
Thank you for acknowledging these offers not being optimal value.