What Teams Are Best Equipped To Land Giannis In A Potential Trade Request?

[Pattycakes]

not to toot my own horn, but there is one team who comes to mind out west that has the assets to pair him with Luka for years to come

Inb4 lakers offer a second round pick and $2500 cash

[Onlytimewilltel]

Will Giannis get the same hate as other stars that left their teams if he does leave? Or will people pick and choose? This is a guy who many consider is a top 3 player but has never put a team on his back and took them deep all by himself. How about he does that for a change? He was talking **** after winning his injury riddled ring about “doing it the right way” lol. Let’s see what he’s about.

He did it by himself. He stayed, delivered a ring on an hyperextended knee(the injury you choose to forget).
And he's the only active player with all the accolades a player can have. There's nothing he hasn't achieved.
In Milwaukee. Not in Los Angeles, in Golden State, in Boston or in Miami.

How about you go take a nap now since it's obvious you're hurt with your emotions?
A nap will help you.

[Castle Black]

Lol @ delusional Lakers fans in here trying yet again to buy another team's star player for pennies on the dollar. Hilarious.

[Onlytimewilltel]

okc but sam has no reason to pull this trigger

no one is beating a chet+jdub+picks package

Boston can beat that package. Tatum and brown and all available first rounders Bostons got.

I mean that trade sounds about as likely as OKC offering up all that for a 30 year old Giannis Just throw in SGA also while you’re at it

[LakersSoul]

Title says it all, the Dame Lillard situation has thrown a massive curveball for the Bucks plans to contend. Many thought even if fully healthy, Bucks were at best fringe contenders but things are only going to get worst as Dame would just be another year older assuming he can actually make it back.

With that said, what teams are best equipped to go land Giannis and still be a contender if the situation gets that far? What would you think their trade offer would be?

Not sure how popular it will be with the Bucks community, but they should blow it up and trade Giannis, Lillard and rebuild.

Giannis for 2 young talent and 4-5 FRPs.
Lillard for 1 young talent and 1-2 FRPs.

Then rebuild for 2-3 years like OKC taking in bad trades and using their cap to facilitate trades.
Come back younger, stronger and healthier with draft picks and youth.

Paying $29m (est) in luxury tax and going barely above .500 is silly. Then are not a serious threat and their youth movement sucks.

[DusterBuster]

Title says it all, the Dame Lillard situation has thrown a massive curveball for the Bucks plans to contend. Many thought even if fully healthy, Bucks were at best fringe contenders but things are only going to get worst as Dame would just be another year older assuming he can actually make it back.

With that said, what teams are best equipped to go land Giannis and still be a contender if the situation gets that far? What would you think their trade offer would be?

Since when is a blood clot on par with a ACL tear? Why does everyone keep talking about Dame like his career is over from the current issue he has? My understanding with the clots is it happens, than goes away like a bruise or sprain… but I’m no doctor so many that’s incorrect?

[cgf]

Brunson - Hart/McBride - Bridges - Giannis - Towns

Looks good to me.

[liquidswords]

Clearly the Thunder but also these Lakers jokes are staleeeeeeeeeee. dead buried with weeds growing over the plot. let's move on folks.

[MoreyWins]

I could see Houston as a fit. But would they have to give up Green or Sengun? Would a package built around Jabari Smith, Thompson, and picks be enough? Not sure about that.

Are you kidding? The Bucks would trade Giannis this summer if the Rockets offered that package. You'd be hard pressed to find a better package to jumpstart a rebuild than that. I wouldn't offer that for Giannis if I'm Houston. Amen Thompson is such a marvel that it's hard to give up on that. Talks would probably center around Sengun, realistically. Sengun, Cam or Reed, and picks.

You would give up Sengun over Thompson?

For Giannis, specifically. Giannis and Sengun share the same real estate on offense. Defensively. the Rockets would have a higher ceiling giving up that package for Giannis. You'd figure they'd have Jalen, Amen, Tari, Bari, Giannis as their five man group closing group.

[DaGawd]

Brunson - Hart/McBride - Bridges - Giannis - Towns

Looks good to me.

town is gone if we land giannis… sucks because they’d pair well together but there’s no way we can keep him

[Tor_Raps]

Brunson - Hart/McBride - Bridges - Giannis - Towns

Looks good to me.

town is gone if we land giannis… sucks because they’d pair well together but there’s no way we can keep him

Knicks blew their entire load on Bridges when they should have saved it for this type of situation.

[Pattycakes]

Title says it all, the Dame Lillard situation has thrown a massive curveball for the Bucks plans to contend. Many thought even if fully healthy, Bucks were at best fringe contenders but things are only going to get worst as Dame would just be another year older assuming he can actually make it back.

With that said, what teams are best equipped to go land Giannis and still be a contender if the situation gets that far? What would you think their trade offer would be?

Since when is a blood clot on par with a ACL tear? Why does everyone keep talking about Dame like his career is over from the current issue he has? My understanding with the clots is it happens, than goes away like a bruise or sprain… but I’m no doctor so many that’s incorrect?

Well, Chris Bosh is always gonna be the worst case scenario, Ala retirement at athletic peak… but supposedly he neglected the issue for years. So, you hope that we’ve come a lot further with recognizing and dealing with them accordingly.

The fear is real, but you hope that they are on top of it.

[Birth of the Cool]

try all you want to make it happen...it ain't happening

i'll make it simple,,,giannis used his star power to move jrue and get dame.

HE IS NOT LEAVING DAME HANGING

Yes he is.

Rockets make the most sense.

As a Knicks fan I wouldn’t trade OG and KAT for him though, he’s too injury prone. Plus OG in the last 10 days has unlocked his offensive game.

This is a good point. While passing on a perennial MVP candidate is tough, one has to remember the ironman-like durability of OG and KAT, as well as the 23ppg OG has been averaging over a meaty 10 game sample size.

Haha right. Only that Himothy Duncan has a worse take on this thread but that Duncan poster I assume is a troll.

People are still be fooled by OGs offensive spurts. He has gone on little offensive runs since he was with the Raptors and the fanbase always say he's turned the corner and overrate him and inevitably he crashes out again and becomes inconsistent. He is who he is at this point which is still pretty good but these little offensive streaks he gets every year is just fools gold. In no way should OG and KAT be holding you back from getting Giannis.

[Myth]

Portland? They could return the Bucks pick and swaps, allowing the Bucks to tank, plus they have several young talents that could be sent, and some large expiring contracts. Everything the Bucks could want in a rebuild.

Yes but we have a timeline and Giannis ain’t it

You move your timeline forward if you can land Giannis.

[cgf]

Brunson - Hart/McBride - Bridges - Giannis - Towns

Looks good to me.

town is gone if we land giannis… sucks because they’d pair well together but there’s no way we can keep him

Oh I was just joking about how surely there must be an nba conspiracy underfoot to send Gianni’s to nyc. Being serious, I don’t think Giannis is as focused on winning as he once was and it’s not like Jokic where he’s so good that even if he doesn’t care anymore, you take the upgrade.

[Astaluego]

Houston for Sengun/Sheppard/Whitmore+Picks

Or
Raptors for Barnes/Dicks/Agbaji/FRP25+2 FRP

[Astaluego]

Zion+return picks+FRP25 (Top 4 non-Flagg) .. Who beats that?

[Lalouie]

try all you want to make it happen...it ain't happening

i'll make it simple,,,giannis used his star power to move jrue and get dame.

HE IS NOT LEAVING DAME HANGING

Yes he is.

Rockets make the most sense.

As a Knicks fan I wouldn’t trade OG and KAT for him though, he’s too injury prone. Plus OG in the last 10 days has unlocked his offensive game.

Well, I mean, dame's health now suddenly leaves giannis with options. unless giannis has become a totally @$$wipe I don't think he would leave dame stranded

[Bernman]

- A lotto team who can win now w/ Giannis & lands Flagg. That's around half of them.
- New Orleans. They'd be giving the Bucks their own '26-'27 picks back so they can benefit from their tanking.

To wit, any trade the Bucks would have to fold in New Orleans to get their picks back, or Bucks just keep Giannis. Unlike the lies put out there by NBA media that Giannis has debunked, there's been no trade demand. He partially influenced some moves. So he'd allow them time for a plan B.

[165bows]

I don't think people who mentioned OKC talked about OKC's own picks.

2025:
They will swap for Clippers pick.
Lottery protected Miami pick (or 2026 unprotected)
1-6 protected one from 76ers (or 1-4 protection the following 2 years)

2026: (not including the above mentioned Miami and 76ers picks):
Houston and Clippers FRPs (basically, 2 best out of these and their own pick)

2027:
Denver 1-5 protected (same protection for 2 more years)
Swap with Clippers

2028:
Dallas
OKC own pick

2029-2031:
Won picks

So basically, even their own picks are more valuable that what you think, as their 2025 pick might be worth around 18-ish pick (swap with Clippers), their 2026 and 2027 worth some middle of the pack pick at worst (Clippers are oooold).
And you have some potentially lottery picks in Denver 2027, Miami 2026 (if not conveyed this year and Miami struggle next year), lottery one from Sixers this year or next year (with some luck) - those 3 picks and those from Clippers have potential to land anything between 2-5 lottery picks, I believe. It's crazy. Plus their own 2029-2031 are so far away, that even such picks might be worth a gamble. I mean, would you rather have a 20th pick in 2025 or a pick 6 years from now that have like 15% to be in lottery (health, CBA effect, whatever else), 50% to be around the same 20-ish range and 35% to be one of the last picks?

Main point is the picks they have accumulated after this year aren't Milwaukee's but Denver's.