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Charlotte trades Grant Williams, Josh Green, Tidjane Salaun, Jusuf Nurkic, Josh Okogie (partial guarantee), and the following picks
2025 1st: #4
2025 2nd: #34
2026 1st: worst of ORL/MEM/PHX/WAS (projected #18 if all teams stay the same)
2026 1st CHA (unprotected)
2027 1st MIA (lotto prot, unprotected in 2028)
2027 1st DAL (top 2 prot, otherwise MIA 2028 2nd)
2028 1st swap: CHA own (MIL can swap their convoluted MIL/POR/WAS/BRK/PHI/PHX 1st for CHA 1st)


Milwaukee trades Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bobby Portis (opted in)

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Charlotte sends away a huge pick package and a bunch of nobodies for, at worst, the 4th best player in the NBA. Giannis transforms everything about this Hornets team, which has been severely lacking in the paint (aside from Mark). A lot hinges on LaMelo and Mark's ability to stay on the floor, as it does in any scenario, but Giannis would be the best player the Hornets have ever had (and I don't think I can stress this enough) by far, and there's more than enough to get the Hornets to the playoffs with him in the fold if there's even a little luck on the injury front. I think Bridges is a poor fit and probably needs to be moved, but for now the rotation would be: LaMelo/Miller/Bridges/Giannis/Mark + [FA PG]/Mann/Jeffries/Diabate/Portis

Milwaukee rebuilds and gets 5 1sts, 1 swap, and 1 early 2nd all in the next 4 drafts. One of those 1sts is #4 this year, that allows the Bucks to take whichever of Bailey/Edgecombe falls, to be a cornerstone. Neither DAL or MIA is trending upwards, and those picks have upside. Any Charlotte pick always has upside too lol. None of the contracts run longer than 2 years, unless they exercise all team options on Salaun.

Why does Giannis agree? I think you have to give GOAT consideration to anyone that fixes the Charlotte Hornets... and he probably does

ambitious but not enough value vs SAS/Houston's packages

Not even throwing in Brandon Miller SMH. Obviously this isn't even close to enough. One legitimate high potential asset (#4) and one asset that maybe, might be, a good asset (Dallas 1st) isn't a competitive offer.

yeah these picks just aren't very good and the players are negative. Only one unprotected pick but you replaced Josh Green in your rotation with Giannis for next year and you play in the East so pretty hard for that one to pan out. All the others are protected?

If Charlotte was serious this would have more of their own unprotected 1sts.

Title is fabulous though.

Charlotte can and should offer more.

Milwaukee could take it in without Miller if Charlotte raises the offer.

I don't think Charlotte's entire roster is worth Giannis, but I love the thread title, so let's do it!

jayjaysee wrote:Charlotte can and should offer more.

Milwaukee could take it in without Miller if Charlotte raises the offer.

Giannis has no reason to move to Charlotte though.

If he wants out , it has to be somewhere to compete. What’s left will not compete.

I don't blame you guys for dreaming big, but c'mon man lmfao what is this

one unprotected pick and it's coming from a team that will have giannis on it (aka it also might as well be lotto protected)??

4th pick in this draft is a good asset, but that's the only one you're giving up for a 30y/o top-20 player EVER with 2 years left

Devilanche wrote:

jayjaysee wrote:Charlotte can and should offer more.

Milwaukee could take it in without Miller if Charlotte raises the offer.

Giannis has no reason to move to Charlotte though.

If he wants out , it has to be somewhere to compete. What’s left will not compete.

I think pretending Charlotte would spend big starting 2026-2027 (Portis/Williams) then what’s left would be worth it for Charlotte. But I really think Miller is going to be a star in the league, and soon.

jayjaysee wrote:

Devilanche wrote:

jayjaysee wrote:Charlotte can and should offer more.

Milwaukee could take it in without Miller if Charlotte raises the offer.

Giannis has no reason to move to Charlotte though.

If he wants out , it has to be somewhere to compete. What’s left will not compete.

I think pretending Charlotte would spend big starting 2026-2027 (Portis/Williams) then what’s left would be worth it for Charlotte. But I really think Miller is going to be a star in the league, and soon.

I think OP trade is missing either miller or lamelo inside to make it more even trade.

Even if Giannis were to demand a trade, which I doubt, he's not going to agree to play for Charlotte, so this is a non-starter.