Giannis Thread - On Asking for a Trade - "I am not this kind of guy, they would have to kick me out”.

JonHeist · Post #1441 » by **JonHeist** » Tue May 13, 2025 12:55 am

unless giannis is desperate to be a rocket or spur next year, he's gonna be a buck

that lottery just eliminated everyone else

drone3 · Post #1442 » by **drone3** » Tue May 13, 2025 12:56 am

Frank Nova wrote:
Prez wrote:No idea if he gets traded, but if he does, I think I'd bet on it being a Castle + #2 + other picks type of package from the Spurs.

Harper and Castle could grow into a dynamic back court. There’s a lot to like there, doesn’t even scratch the surface comparing to Giannis but I get the appeal. I’m keeping Giannis tho.

Giannis to Spurs is best for Giannis... Not sure if it's best for bucks

CharityStripe34 · Post #1443 » by **CharityStripe34** » Tue May 13, 2025 12:58 am

German Athens wrote:But if Giannis requests a trade, I’d imagine one of the only franchises he wouldn’t want to go to would be the one that just traded their superstar without his consent.

Luka was completely blindsided and gutted over that deal.

Why would Giannis want to go to that org?

Because a bunch of 2k dweebs are trying to speak it into existence.

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jakecronus8 · Post #1444 » by **jakecronus8** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:03 am

*Starts Amen Thompson deep dive*

Dick Tate · Post #1445 » by **Dick Tate** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:09 am

Gotta admit i've enjoyed seeing the air get sucked out of this thread.

Post #1446 » by **humanrefutation** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:16 am

I don't see Giannis sanctioning a trade to Dallas. Not sure that situation is better for him as a title contender than we are.

Spurs and Rockets probably have more to offer him.

MikeIsGood · Post #1447 » by **MikeIsGood** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:18 am

paulpressey25 wrote:
Ron Swanson wrote:Cooper Flagg isn’t basketball Jesus. Why you guys are even entertaining Mavs trades is beyond me. A freshly injured Derek Lively and a few crappy firsts? They have nothing else.

Well - I'm not interested in Spurs crap either. Houston has a slew of 20-22 year old promising guys AND great draft picks.

Ok but only one has big value and the jury is out for most on if he has "just" plus potential or star potential. And their draft picks are solid IMO, not great - they just have a bunch of them. The unprotected Brooklyn swap is the only one that really catches my eye. Houston has just been greatly overexaggerated as a homerun package IMO.

The dream Giannis package died tonight.

Bernman · Post #1448 » by **Bernman** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:22 am

a. I don't know how the air would be sucked out of this thread when Flagg doesn't remotely fit AD's timeline. They have to go 1 or the other.
b. How is it a good thing to not have options in case Giannis asks out or leaves us w/ nothing for the better part of a decade?

Post #1449 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:22 am

Alright, here's my attempt:

Bucks in:
Dejounte Murray
Harrison Barnes
Stephon Castle
#2 (Spurs)
#14 (Spurs)
2026 swap rights with Hawks, via San Antonio
2026 swap rights returned (Pelicans)
2027 swap rights returned (Pelicans)
2027 1st (Hawks)
2031 swap rights with Sacramento, via San Antonio

Bucks out:
Giannis

San Antonio in:
Giannis

San Antonio out:
Stephon Castle
Harrison Barnes
Devin Vassell
Julian Champagnie
#2
#14
2026 swap rights with Hawks
2031 swap rights with Sacramento

New Orleans in:
Devin Vassell
Julian Champagnie

New Orleans out:
Dejounte Murray
2026 swap rights returned (Pelicans)
2027 swap rights returned (Pelicans)

soxperry · Post #1450 » by **soxperry** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:28 am

ReasonablySober wrote:Alright, here's my attempt:

Bucks in:
Dejounte Murray
Harrison Barnes
Stephon Castle
#2 (Spurs)
#14 (Spurs)
2026 swap rights with Hawks, via San Antonio
2026 swap rights returned (Pelicans)
2027 swap rights returned (Pelicans)
2027 1st (Hawks)
2031 swap rights with Sacramento, via San Antonio

Bucks out:
Giannis

San Antonio in:
Giannis

San Antonio out:
Stephon Castle
Harrison Barnes
Devin Vassell
Julian Champagnie
#2
#14
2026 swap rights with Hawks
2031 swap rights with Sacramento

New Orleans in:
Devin Vassell
Julian Champagnie

New Orleans out:
Dejounte Murray
2026 swap rights returned (Pelicans)
2027 swap rights returned (Pelicans)

Meh

jschligs · Post #1451 » by **jschligs** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:30 am

It’s just wild to me so many of you, and Bucks Twitter (outside of Nate Marzion) are all entertaining this whole Giannis trade ****. I literally cannot escape it and it’s maddening. I’m out for a while from these threads and Twitter….good riddance. He ain’t going anywhere.

MikeIsGood · Post #1452 » by **MikeIsGood** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:33 am

ReasonablySober wrote:Alright, here's my attempt:

Bucks in:
Dejounte Murray
Harrison Barnes
Stephon Castle
#2 (Spurs)
#14 (Spurs)
2026 swap rights with Hawks, via San Antonio
2026 swap rights returned (Pelicans)
2027 swap rights returned (Pelicans)
2027 1st (Hawks)
2031 swap rights with Sacramento, via San Antonio

The three in bold all want to be the same tall PG lol. Unless you want Bailey, I guess. I think he's way riskier than Harper.

th87 · Post #1453 » by **th87** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:34 am

ReasonablySober wrote:Alright, here's my attempt:

Bucks in:
Dejounte Murray
Harrison Barnes
Stephon Castle
#2 (Spurs)
#14 (Spurs)
2026 swap rights with Hawks, via San Antonio
2026 swap rights returned (Pelicans)
2027 swap rights returned (Pelicans)
2027 1st (Hawks)
2031 swap rights with Sacramento, via San Antonio

Bucks out:
Giannis

San Antonio in:
Giannis

San Antonio out:
Stephon Castle
Harrison Barnes
Devin Vassell
Julian Champagnie
#2
#14
2026 swap rights with Hawks
2031 swap rights with Sacramento

New Orleans in:
Devin Vassell
Julian Champagnie

New Orleans out:
Dejounte Murray
2026 swap rights returned (Pelicans)
2027 swap rights returned (Pelicans)

Yay. Why wait for the Kohl era in 2028 when you can have it now?

Post #1454 » by **MickeyDavis** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:34 am

jschligs wrote:It’s just wild to me so many of you, and Bucks Twitter (outside of Nate Marzion) are all entertaining this whole Giannis trade ****. I literally cannot escape it and it’s maddening. I’m out for a while from these threads and Twitter….good riddance. He ain’t going anywhere.

Agreed it's most likely not happening. But it's something to talk about. We have no FRP, free agency doesn't start for awhile. But I understand checking out for awhile.

jakecronus8 · Post #1455 » by **jakecronus8** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:35 am

I think part of the pandemonium around a potential giannis deal is the unknown and hope that maybe they’d get enough to reload.

As is, the thought of running this team back sans Dame/Brook is so uninspiring and depressing. There’s not really a win available this offseason.

Matches Malone · Post #1456 » by **Matches Malone** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:37 am

jschligs wrote:It’s just wild to me so many of you, and Bucks Twitter (outside of Nate Marzion) are all entertaining this whole Giannis trade ****. I literally cannot escape it and it’s maddening. I’m out for a while from these threads and Twitter….good riddance. He ain’t going anywhere.

I'm sure a good portion of that is coming from fans who are just Giannis stans and don't give two craps about the Bucks future. They go where he goes.

I'll never understand rooting for individual players over your team, but to each their own.

MikeIsGood · Post #1457 » by **MikeIsGood** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:42 am

Matches Malone wrote:I'll never understand rooting for individual players over your team, but to each their own.

This sort of goes both ways in a really interesting way - just playing devils advocate, mind you. But I think there's a legitimate argument Bucks fans who don't root for any one individual player - even Giannis - can make that say you should take a gamble on trying to reload using Giannis because the non-Giannis future here is so bleak right now.

I don't know where I stand and I'm not sure it's black and white. But that all makes it interesting. It's conjecture in a really depressing offseason for us, lol.

BroncoBuck · Post #1458 » by **BroncoBuck** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:42 am

MickeyDavis wrote:
jschligs wrote:It’s just wild to me so many of you, and Bucks Twitter (outside of Nate Marzion) are all entertaining this whole Giannis trade ****. I literally cannot escape it and it’s maddening. I’m out for a while from these threads and Twitter….good riddance. He ain’t going anywhere.

Agreed it's most likely not happening. But it's something to talk about. We have no FRP, free agency doesn't start for awhile. But I understand checking out for awhile.

It all changed when Dame tore his Achilles in the playoffs. Everything is on the table now. Giannis has two years left on his contract then he can walk for nothing. Next year is brutal with Dame out, so you’d really have to sell him on 26-27, which Dame would likely be opting in to (at 36 returning from a torn Achilles).

If Dame doesn’t tear his Achilles this wouldn’t even be a scenario. You’d just work on trading Dame for whatever instead.

Post #1459 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:43 am

Matches Malone wrote:
jschligs wrote:It’s just wild to me so many of you, and Bucks Twitter (outside of Nate Marzion) are all entertaining this whole Giannis trade ****. I literally cannot escape it and it’s maddening. I’m out for a while from these threads and Twitter….good riddance. He ain’t going anywhere.

I'm sure a good portion of that is coming from fans who are just Giannis stans and don't give two craps about the Bucks future. They go where he goes.

I'll never understand rooting for individual players over your team, but to each their own.

Really? I see it as the opposite. I personally couldn't care less about Giannis. I'll always love that he helped my favorite team win a title, but that was four years ago, and the Bucks have no draft picks, no young players you can bank on being key players on the next contender, and they don't have the benefit of a market where guys will want to come and play as free agents.

Frankly, I can't understand the people who don't see the need to trade Giannis right now.

MikeIsGood · Post #1460 » by **MikeIsGood** » Tue May 13, 2025 1:46 am

ReasonablySober wrote:
Matches Malone wrote:
jschligs wrote:It’s just wild to me so many of you, and Bucks Twitter (outside of Nate Marzion) are all entertaining this whole Giannis trade ****. I literally cannot escape it and it’s maddening. I’m out for a while from these threads and Twitter….good riddance. He ain’t going anywhere.

I'm sure a good portion of that is coming from fans who are just Giannis stans and don't give two craps about the Bucks future. They go where he goes.

I'll never understand rooting for individual players over your team, but to each their own.

Really? I see it as the opposite. I personally couldn't care less about Giannis. I'll always love that he helped my favorite team win a title, but that was four years ago, and the Bucks have no draft picks, no young players you can bank on being key players on the next contender, and they don't have the benefit of a market where guys will want to come and play as free agents.

Frankly, I can't understand the people who don't see the need to trade Giannis right now.

Yeah this. I don't think I agree with you but I completely get it. I think most of why I don't agree though is because nothing out there is interesting to me and I have no faith in our FO putting things back together. If I trusted our FO then I think the Dame injury would have pushed me over the edge and into draft asset hoarding.