Knightro wrote:eyriq wrote:Bergmaniac wrote:Giannis is still in his prime, he is averaging 29 PPG on absurd 64 FG% while his team's second best offensive player is...I don't even know who, probably Ryan Rollins, a second round draft pick who barely played in his first two years in the league. He'd be a massive upgrade over Paolo in the next several years.
Paolo will be better within two seasons, this would be a terrible trade.
Edit: Giannis is injury prone and exiting his prime while Paolo is two seasons away from the start of his prime. It's an absurd trade idea.
I can safely say Paolo will never be better than Giannis is right this moment.
Like not even close.
You’d basically have a legitimate 3 year title window if you flipped Paolo for Giannis.
We don’t even have to argue in the abstract here. Just line up the timelines.
You’re talking about 31–36 year old Giannis versus 23–28 year old Paolo. I’m betting hard on 25-year-old Paolo over 33-year-old Giannis, and I’d expect that gap to widen every year after. By 2030, the total value Paolo will have given you over that whole slab almost certainly dwarfs what Giannis gives you over the same stretch.
That’s before you even factor in Paolo’s third contract and the flexibility/value that comes with having your franchise guy entering his prime instead of trying to squeeze the last elite years out of someone exiting it.
Trading that entire arc for a maybe-3-year window with an aging, increasingly banged-up Giannis is bad asset management.
