So…Giannis is Definitely Going to Demand a Trade Right?

[G R E Y]

Realistically he’s gonna give the bucks like 3-4 choices that he’s willing to go to.

Spurs might be one of them. Wemby is the man but he hasn’t planted his flag as the 1a guy for that long. He might be willing to defer to Giannis and then by the time freak starts to exit his prime wemby would be the man. Giannis could also ease up on the roster requests, there’s a few teams that if you join you gotta defer to the org and trust their history, spurs are one of them.

Yeah I mean it's not an impossible / unbridgeable gap. There's just a lot of ifs along the way that I think are fewer with other teams / gap is closer with them.

Which teams do you think have a legit shot ?

Well sounds like he favours NYK but unless there are other teams involved, I don't see how.

Hawks and Rockets have assets and could use him.

[NyKnicks1714]

This summer yes. He gave them the season. I think he'll honour that.

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Yeah I think so too

[bkkrh]

I will never understand how so many on this board are obsessed with a star player leaving when things aren´t going well. On one side there is this constant complaint about modern players not having that same mentality than the old stars (which is already BS because a lot of them asked for trades too). Then, as soon as a star player just seems to be fine with playing for his team, even if it isn´t the most prestige team, it is also somehow an issue.

Giannis won a title already, if he wants to stay in Milwaukee the rest of his career it´s fine. Milwaukee doesn´t need a rebuild, the chance to land a player that comes even close to him are still a lot lower than to build a solid team around him in the next 2-3 seasons. I´d be happy if they take the Dirk/Kobe route and just let him play his career out.

Btw the Bucks were 4-1 at the start of the seasons and people were talking about the team being way better than expected. Ryan Rollins turning into a star was a topic. It is a 82 game season and a completely new team. 4 of the 5 players that have started the most games for them this season were bench players, or not on the team last season.

Giannis is back now, Kevin Porter is back and just scored 30 in his 2nd game, so maybe let´s wait how things look when they hit the 40 game mark.

[Enso]

Yeah I mean it's not an impossible / unbridgeable gap. There's just a lot of ifs along the way that I think are fewer with other teams / gap is closer with them.

Which teams do you think have a legit shot ?

Well sounds like he favours NYK but unless there are other teams involved, I don't see how.

Hawks and Rockets have assets and could use him.

Don’t see how he accepts going to a loser like the hawks

[Enso]

Knicks, Spurs, and Sixers look like good trading partners. Hopefully he stays in the East though.

Not sold on Reaves and change from the Lakers being enough to get it done.

Weirder things have happened but teaming up with Doncic is not a good look and highly unlikely

In what universe is that not a good look? The league would be ecstatic to have him on the Lakers with Luka.

Well duh yeah the league would love it lol but from a fans perspective it’s a corny move.

Let’s get Jokic to join the lakers too while we’re at it

[HMFFL]

Giannis is a case where I hope he stays in Milwaukee, but he's absolutely costing himself victory laps, and it's sad that the Bucks management team got him to this point.

Bucks better figure it out. They have some young talent making names for themselves....move them for assets.

[eyriq]

He has to stay out East, having the all-nba 1st team out West would just be a bad look. Teams that I think should swing are the Pistons, Hawks, Cavs, Raptors, Bulls, and Heat.

Cavs can't swing, they're a 2nd apron team, not allowed to aggregate contracts and cannot take back 1 penny more than they send either.

Cavs have the highest payroll in the NBA this season.

Ouch, true enough.

[JujitsuFlip]

He has to stay out East, having the all-nba 1st team out West would just be a bad look. Teams that I think should swing are the Pistons, Hawks, Cavs, Raptors, Bulls, and Heat.

Cavs can't swing, they're a 2nd apron team, not allowed to aggregate contracts and cannot take back 1 penny more than they send either.

Cavs have the highest payroll in the NBA this season.

Ouch, true enough.

Yeahhhh, their hands are still a little tied in the way of picks as well, which i assume the Bucks would want in any package.

Cavs first tradable 1st rounder is 2031.

[eyriq]

Cavs can't swing, they're a 2nd apron team, not allowed to aggregate contracts and cannot take back 1 penny more than they send either.

Cavs have the highest payroll in the NBA this season.

Ouch, true enough.

Yeahhhh, their hands are still a little tied in the way of picks as well, which i assume the Bucks would want in any package.

Cavs first tradable 1st rounder is 2031.

All-in on a questionable build is tough. Player development needs to do more work.

[G R E Y]

Which teams do you think have a legit shot ?

Well sounds like he favours NYK but unless there are other teams involved, I don't see how.

Hawks and Rockets have assets and could use him.

Don’t see how he accepts going to a loser like the hawks

Does he have a NTC? His PO isn't until 2027-28. If Hawks dangle NOP unprotected, should Bucks not take it over a possible lesser based package? If parties choose to part ways, Bucks FO has a duty to get best possible collection of assets.

[Godymas]

Imo this is the exact kind of deal that Miami has been patiently waiting for. They've played it perfectly and they are going to offer a nice little haul for Giannis.

You have to wonder, with Tyler Herro being from Milwaukee, if they feel comfortable shipping him back home. Miami didn't really need him to be a 14-7 team this year.

Then you look at some of the young guys on this team, Jaime Jaqeuz has recouped a lot of his value, Miami doesn't need him as much if Giannis is coming in the building.

I think Davion Mitchell is fine being the starting defensive PG for this team.
You've got Norm Powell, Andrew Wiggins, Bam Adebayo and slot Giannis in at the 4. The defense is scary, the offense will be perfectly fine. Still have plenty of depth with Kelel Ware, Simone Fontecchio, Pelle Larson, Nikola Jovic

Throw in 2026 1st round pick, 2029 1st round pick, 2030 1st round pick. That's a scary team.

[Mirotic12]

Knicks, Spurs, and Sixers look like good trading partners. Hopefully he stays in the East though.

Not sold on Reaves and change from the Lakers being enough to get it done.

Weirder things have happened but teaming up with Doncic is not a good look and highly unlikely

The NBA and US sports media would push for it like crazy and promote it as the Lakers big inside-outside duo part 4.

Wilt / The Logo
Kareem / Magic
Shaq / Kobe
Giannis / Luka

For whatever reason, the NBA and US sports media just lives for having those kind of Lakers super teams. If the NBA had its way, you just know they would push for it.

[CM17]

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Didn't he do something similar last year?

[Wolveswin]

I think Giannis would look great in Orlando on Magic’s roster. Trio of Giannis, Wagner, and Bane with still deep team of role players. Giannis stays in East but heads south to Florida to end his career.

To Magic: Giannis/AJ Green/Hawks Filler

To Hawks: Banchero/Black/Kuzma

To Bucks: Trae/Suggs/Risacher/Pels 1st (via Hawks)

Bucks stay competitive with a new backcourt of Trae and Suggs plus the sexy Pels draft pick and former #1 Risacher. This deal could be sold to the Bucks fan base.

[JujitsuFlip]

I think Giannis would look great in Orlando on Magic’s roster. Trio of Giannis, Wagner, and Bane with still deep team of role players. Giannis stays in East but heads south to Florida to end his career.

To Magic: Giannis/AJ Green/Hawks Filler

To Hawks: Banchero/Black/Kuzma

To Bucks: Trae/Suggs/Risacher/Pels 1st (via Hawks)

Bucks stay competitive with a new backcourt of Trae and Suggs plus the sexy Pels draft pick and former #1 Risacher. This deal could be sold to the Bucks fan base.

Why wouldn't the Hawks cut the Magic outta the deal and get Giannis for themselves? lol

Hawks aren't helping a division rival secure a top 5 player lmao

[RunOKC]

The Rockets should cash in Sengun for Giannis

[Ssj16]

If Okc is smart(and I think they are) they show no interest in any over 30 player with a history of missing playoffs. All they have to do is keep their core together and use picks or young players to fill in gaps. It's easy mode if they just leave it alone.

I agree that OKC should probably stay the course because what they are doing is working but I'm not sure if this comment "any over 30 player with a history of missing playoffs" is a sneak diss at Giannis.

Giannis is a top 3 player in the league who hasn't had the right team composition due to injuries mostly and would make any team outside of OKC instantly better.

Again what OKC has right now is special but that doesn't take away from Giannis' greatness.

[HMFFL]

I think Giannis would look great in Orlando on Magic’s roster. Trio of Giannis, Wagner, and Bane with still deep team of role players. Giannis stays in East but heads south to Florida to end his career.

To Magic: Giannis/AJ Green/Hawks Filler

To Hawks: Banchero/Black/Kuzma

To Bucks: Trae/Suggs/Risacher/Pels 1st (via Hawks)

Bucks stay competitive with a new backcourt of Trae and Suggs plus the sexy Pels draft pick and former #1 Risacher. This deal could be sold to the Bucks fan base.

Hawks aren't giving away all that value for pennies on the dollar back. And, nobody wants Kuzma!

[Ssj16]

Gutting your team for Giannis isn't going to make you a title contender. He has had a wonderful career, but he can't lead a team anywhere anymore and I really believe his ego is too big to play second fiddle to someone better than him (or make him fit into what the team already does).

This is crazy talk. No matter who you gut your team for, it wouldn't lead to a championship in this day in age whether it's Jokic, SGA, Luka or Wemby.

If you're speaking about years left to rebuild around a gutted team, then that's a whole different conversation.

I feel like the Giannis disrespect is getting way out of hand on these boards just like Luka was starting to get underrated last year as well.

[Chuck Everett]

Gutting your team for Giannis isn't going to make you a title contender. He has had a wonderful career, but he can't lead a team anywhere anymore and I really believe his ego is too big to play second fiddle to someone better than him (or make him fit into what the team already does).

This is crazy talk. No matter who you gut your team for, it wouldn't lead to a championship in this day in age whether it's Jokic, SGA, Luka or Wemby.

If you're speaking about years left to rebuild around a gutted team, then that's a whole different conversation.

I feel like the Giannis disrespect is getting way out of hand on these boards just like Luka was starting to get underrated last year as well.

Giannis has been getting injured an awful lot, is over 30 now and only likes to play one way. The guy practically refused to rim roll for Dame Lillard. You're going to have to gut the team because of his salary to add him. That's not outlandish, that's a fact. If he were a free agent and wanted to join someone that would be different, but since it will have to be a trade, crappy contracts alone aren't going to get the job done.

I think Giannis is still a top-5 player in the NBA, but his play-style and game has diminishing returns in my eyes. Just the way I see it.