[Shams] Sources: Giannis Antetokounmpo to explore best fits outside of Milwaukee

[LAvision]

Any chance the Lakers can get him? They don't have the draft picks I'd think.

Reaves/Knecht/Hachimura/1sts?

Come on now...

I agree.

The Lakers don't need to add Reeves.

Knecht/Hachimura/1st should be enough.

160 IQ take

[Archx]

Any chance the Lakers can get him? They don't have the draft picks I'd think.

Reaves/Knecht/Hachimura/1sts?

Come on now...

Agree it's silly. Obviously Bucks would want Bronny as well.

[ConSarnit]

Any chance the Lakers can get him? They don't have the draft picks I'd think.

Reaves/Knecht/Hachimura/1sts?

As long as they can get Nico the job as the GM for the Bucks absolutely.

Otherwise? That's pennies on the dollar...

No one is doing business with the Lakers on a major deal anytime soon. Everyone sees how Nico is getting killed by both the fans and media and no GM wants any part of that.

[UcanUwill]

Come on now...

I agree.

The Lakers don't need to add Reeves.

Knecht/Hachimura/1st should be enough.

160 IQ take

Just like with Nico, Pelinka will also ask that second rounder just to sweaten a deal a bit, they are not entirely sold on this Giannis guy after all.

[azcatz11]

Giannis for Paolo still makes the most sense for both teams. Both teams say yes to that if Giannis wants to move on

[UcanUwill]

Giannis for Paolo still makes the most sense for both teams. Both teams say yes to that if Giannis wants to move on

I would stick with Paulo I think, Oralndo is just not there yet, Giannis already over 30, by the time Magic fix roster up, Giannis window will be on last legs. I stick with Paulo. I think Houston makes more sense.

[Bornstellar]

Giannis/Wemby fit is too clean. But the cost to acquire him is going to be exorbitant.

[TravisScott55]

Knicks

[ShotCreator]

Giannis for Paolo still makes the most sense for both teams. Both teams say yes to that if Giannis wants to move on

Hard pass. Paolo is much, much younger and Giannis is no easier to play with.

[GiannisAnte34]

Can this thread be deleted as speculative? Why are we treating “maybe” as journalism

I know it hurts, but it is Shams, not some random journalist. Also, it is interesting topic.

Shams doesn’t say anything concrete in the whole article. It boils down to “teams will call to see if they can make a deal” how is this news?

[Rendei]

Can this thread be deleted as speculative? Why are we treating “maybe” as journalism

Because Shams has legit sources and 9/10 he gets his info and insight from an interested party (Giannis and his camp, in this instance) feeding him the info, using the media to advance a certain agenda



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I'm kind of confused what the agenda is, though. I'm pretty sure he could ask the Bucks for a trade privately if he wanted one, and they'd work together with him. He also doesn't prefer to do things through the media. It's way too early for negotiations to have broken down to that point I'd think.

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

But seriously, who's ready to win and got lots of assets? OKC. Pacers. Houston.

Dark horses - Philly, Mavs, Raptors.

OKC - why not. Chet for Giannis and some picks? Pacers got tons of young players. Swap Pascal and a young player with picks for Giannis. Houston - Jabari and some picks for Giannis. And you can't forget the Nigerian connection - Ime and Giannis would be a dream team.

Philly could go for broke here - will have to trade one of Embiid or PG13 and picks. Mavs are in a hurry to get legit, though the fit of Davis and Giannis is questionable. Masai has always dreamt of working with Giannis. He just might be ready to pull off another monster trade.

The Pacers could build an interest package for a star I think, but even so, the Bucks would NEVER trade him to the Pacers and I’m not sure he’d even wanna go to the Pacers if they tried.

Everything else aside, Giannis and Haliburton together would be a treat.

[UcanUwill]

Can this thread be deleted as speculative? Why are we treating “maybe” as journalism

I know it hurts, but it is Shams, not some random journalist. Also, it is interesting topic.

Shams doesn’t say anything concrete in the whole article. It boils down to “teams will call to see if they can make a deal” how is this news?

Because it is coming from Giannis camp. He is interested in leaving, thats pretty big I think.

[UcanUwill]

Can this thread be deleted as speculative? Why are we treating “maybe” as journalism

Because Shams has legit sources and 9/10 he gets his info and insight from an interested party (Giannis and his camp, in this instance) feeding him the info, using the media to advance a certain agenda



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I'm kind of confused what the agenda is, though. I'm pretty sure he could ask the Bucks for a trade privately if he wanted one, and they'd work together with him. He also doesn't prefer to do things through the media. It's way too early for negotiations to have broken down to that point I'd think.

He obviously doesn't want to be traded into garbage situation, so it seems to me he is interested to hear some 'team ''pitches'', and if he likes it, he will privately tell Bucks he wants to be traded there.

[DowJones]

Mobley and Garland for Giannis and Kuzma?

[GiannisAnte34]

But seriously, who's ready to win and got lots of assets? OKC. Pacers. Houston.

Dark horses - Philly, Mavs, Raptors.

OKC - why not. Chet for Giannis and some picks? Pacers got tons of young players. Swap Pascal and a young player with picks for Giannis. Houston - Jabari and some picks for Giannis. And you can't forget the Nigerian connection - Ime and Giannis would be a dream team.

Philly could go for broke here - will have to trade one of Embiid or PG13 and picks. Mavs are in a hurry to get legit, though the fit of Davis and Giannis is questionable. Masai has always dreamt of working with Giannis. He just might be ready to pull off another monster trade.

The Pacers could build an interest package for a star I think, but even so, the Bucks would NEVER trade him to the Pacers and I’m not sure he’d even wanna go to the Pacers if they tried.

Everything else aside, Giannis and Haliburton together would be a treat.

Turner is going to want a big raise, so how are the Pacers retaining Pascal and Haliburton then adding Giannis alongside all their guys getting pay increases?

[GiannisAnte34]

I know it hurts, but it is Shams, not some random journalist. Also, it is interesting topic.

Shams doesn’t say anything concrete in the whole article. It boils down to “teams will call to see if they can make a deal” how is this news?

Because it is coming from Giannis camp. He is interested in leaving, thats pretty big I think.

What proof is there? You’re assuming

[Rendei]

Because Shams has legit sources and 9/10 he gets his info and insight from an interested party (Giannis and his camp, in this instance) feeding him the info, using the media to advance a certain agenda



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I'm kind of confused what the agenda is, though. I'm pretty sure he could ask the Bucks for a trade privately if he wanted one, and they'd work together with him. He also doesn't prefer to do things through the media. It's way too early for negotiations to have broken down to that point I'd think.

He obviously doesn't want to be traded into garbage situation, so it seems to me he is interested to hear some 'team ''pitches'', and if he likes it, he will privately tell Bucks he wants to be traded there.

He doesn't need to go to the media to get pitches. According to the article, the teams have already started working on their pitches, without any media assistance required.

Furthermore, the article seems to be based on something Giannis said about wanting a second ring on Thanasis's podcast. It doesn't seem like anyone fed Shams anything. He just wants some clicks with a fluff piece.

[UcanUwill]

Shams doesn’t say anything concrete in the whole article. It boils down to “teams will call to see if they can make a deal” how is this news?

Because it is coming from Giannis camp. He is interested in leaving, thats pretty big I think.

What proof is there? You’re assuming

Well, it comes from credible journalist, thats all. I know its not proof, but there would be difference if just random shumck reported this

He doesn't need to go to the media to get pitches. According to the article, the teams have already started working on their pitches, without any media assistance required.

Furthermore, the article seems to be based on something Giannis said about wanting a second ring on Thanasis's podcast. It doesn't seem like anyone fed Shams anything. He just wants some clicks with a fluff piece.

He is simply advertising himself, it improves his chances of getting more pitches, teams would now know it is serious.

[Cubbies2120]

Shams doesn’t say anything concrete in the whole article. It boils down to “teams will call to see if they can make a deal” how is this news?

Because it is coming from Giannis camp. He is interested in leaving, thats pretty big I think.

What proof is there? You’re assuming

We are at the denial stage currently.