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

[-Luke-]

Giannis doesn't strike me as the guy who wants big markets and lots of spotlight at all. I call BS.

[1993Playoffs]

Damn he wants LA?!

[Raps in 4]

Presti just needs to make the call and that deal is done. Nobody else can match their offer, and still have a competitive roster left around Giannis.

[Raps in 4]

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He wants LA, NY or Miami.

Howard Beck is a hack with no sources.

[Raps in 4]

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He wants LA, NY or Miami.

Is Howard Beck reporting that or was he commenting on something Amico said? Because I saw the same headline but with Amico as the source and we all know he is full of ish

Neither one has sources, so they're probably quoting each other. They're two completely useless "reporters".

[Marvin Martian]

Presti just needs to make the call and that deal is done. Nobody else can match their offer, and still have a competitive roster left around Giannis.

OKC needs size. Giannis can't handle Western frontcourts. At least not alone.

Would be a pretty bad move.

[Raps in 4]

Presti just needs to make the call and that deal is done. Nobody else can match their offer, and still have a competitive roster left around Giannis.

OKC needs size. Giannis can't handle Western frontcourts. At least not alone.

Would be a pretty bad move.

Giannis is literally the most physically dominant player in the league. Teams build **** walls to try and slow him down. It doesn't matter that he can't guard Jokic because Jokic can't guard him either. No one can.

[cpower]

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He wants LA, NY or Miami.

Giannis for Luka...lets go

[Raps in 4]

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He wants LA, NY or Miami.

Giannis for Luka...lets go

Pelinka about to pull off another robbery. Giannis for Rui and a second.

[Sixers in 4]

Presti just needs to make the call and that deal is done. Nobody else can match their offer, and still have a competitive roster left around Giannis.

OKC needs size. Giannis can't handle Western frontcourts. At least not alone.

Would be a pretty bad move.

This is laughably false. Chet and Giannis would be a massive frontcourt and they would have length up and down their lineup.

The question is do they have to give up Chet to get Giannis

[Raps in 4]

Presti just needs to make the call and that deal is done. Nobody else can match their offer, and still have a competitive roster left around Giannis.

OKC needs size. Giannis can't handle Western frontcourts. At least not alone.

Would be a pretty bad move.

This is laughably false. Chet and Giannis would be a massive frontcourt and they would have length up and down their lineup.

The question is do they have to give up Chet to get Giannis

They have to give up Chet or Williams. I'd rather trade Chet (unless Milwaukee doesn't want him). JDub is a much better fit next to Giannis and SGA.

[Sixers in 4]

OKC needs size. Giannis can't handle Western frontcourts. At least not alone.

Would be a pretty bad move.

This is laughably false. Chet and Giannis would be a massive frontcourt and they would have length up and down their lineup.

The question is do they have to give up Chet to get Giannis

They have to give up Chet or Williams. I'd rather trade Chet (unless Milwaukee doesn't want him). JDub is a much better fit next to Giannis and SGA.

I am not so sure depends on what other teams would be offering. I don't really forsee any other team including a Chet or Williams caliber player in a trade so why would OKC need to add 1 of those 2 assuming they are also including their best picks?

To me it's more likely they trade someone like Carson Wallace + Hartenstein + someone like wiggins but that is just my thoughts. Have to see what the other offers are first but if they added their best picks to the offer it easily beats any LAL or Miami best offer.

Not to mention they could easily flip Hartenstein to a team like LA for a first rounder+ and he essentially needs to be added to any trade to make the salary work so. Hartenstein their best picks plus Williams seems like an insane return to me that is more than the Suns gave for Durant.

[BlazersBroncos]

This is laughably false. Chet and Giannis would be a massive frontcourt and they would have length up and down their lineup.

The question is do they have to give up Chet to get Giannis

They have to give up Chet or Williams. I'd rather trade Chet (unless Milwaukee doesn't want him). JDub is a much better fit next to Giannis and SGA.

I am not so sure depends on what other teams would be offering. I don't really forsee any other team including a Chet or Williams caliber player in a trade so why would OKC need to add 1 of those 2 assuming they are also including their best picks?

To me it's more likely they trade someone like Carson Wallace + Hartenstein + someone like wiggins but that is just my thoughts. Have to see what the other offers are first but if they added their best picks to the offer it easily beats any LAL or Miami best offer.

They might want to trade Carson and Hartenstein over Chet or JDub but a Giannis deal doesnt get done without one of those 2 guys.

[Pointgod]

They have to give up Chet or Williams. I'd rather trade Chet (unless Milwaukee doesn't want him). JDub is a much better fit next to Giannis and SGA.

I am not so sure depends on what other teams would be offering. I don't really forsee any other team including a Chet or Williams caliber player in a trade so why would OKC need to add 1 of those 2 assuming they are also including their best picks?

To me it's more likely they trade someone like Carson Wallace + Hartenstein + someone like wiggins but that is just my thoughts. Have to see what the other offers are first but if they added their best picks to the offer it easily beats any LAL or Miami best offer.

They might want to trade Carson and Hartenstein over Chet or JDub but a Giannis deal doesnt get done without one of those 2 guys.

Yeah it makes no sense if I’m the Bucks to not get one of those guys.

[Sixers in 4]

They have to give up Chet or Williams. I'd rather trade Chet (unless Milwaukee doesn't want him). JDub is a much better fit next to Giannis and SGA.

I am not so sure depends on what other teams would be offering. I don't really forsee any other team including a Chet or Williams caliber player in a trade so why would OKC need to add 1 of those 2 assuming they are also including their best picks?

To me it's more likely they trade someone like Carson Wallace + Hartenstein + someone like wiggins but that is just my thoughts. Have to see what the other offers are first but if they added their best picks to the offer it easily beats any LAL or Miami best offer.

They might want to trade Carson and Hartenstein over Chet or JDub but a Giannis deal doesnt get done without one of those 2 guys.

You might be right but they wouldn't get that return from any other team. Maybe it's a situation where they have so many picks that the old Danny Ainge Boston excuse kicks where other teams are willing to settle for less from other teams because they have less.

But to me there is no way I am OKC I am overpaying by that much versus what other teams likely will offer. Not even Durant went for that much and that was a disaster of a trade for the Suns.

[DanoMac]

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He wants LA, NY or Miami.

Giannis for Luka...lets go

Bucks already turned it down

[KokoKaizer]

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He wants LA, NY or Miami.

Giannis for Luka...lets go

Pelinka about to pull off another robbery. Giannis for Rui and a second.

You serious ?

Lakers don't overpaid

A second...

Maybe a Van Exel signature card... at most

[Marvin Martian]

Presti just needs to make the call and that deal is done. Nobody else can match their offer, and still have a competitive roster left around Giannis.

OKC needs size. Giannis can't handle Western frontcourts. At least not alone.

Would be a pretty bad move.

Giannis is literally the most physically dominant player in the league. Teams build **** walls to try and slow him down. It doesn't matter that he can't guard Jokic because Jokic can't guard him either. No one can.

Watching OKC, I never got the feeling when they were struggling to contain Jokic that "Giannis fixes this"

I think they would be better off going after players who have proven that they can stop Jokic e.g. Zubac, which would cost less than Giannis

[Raps in 4]

OKC needs size. Giannis can't handle Western frontcourts. At least not alone.

Would be a pretty bad move.

Giannis is literally the most physically dominant player in the league. Teams build **** walls to try and slow him down. It doesn't matter that he can't guard Jokic because Jokic can't guard him either. No one can.

Watching OKC, I never got the feeling when they were struggling to contain Jokic that "Giannis fixes this"

I think they would be better off going after players who have proven that they can stop Jokic e.g. Zubac, which would cost less than Giannis

You don't think that replacing Chet and JDub's 28 points on 31 shots with 30+ hyper efficient points from Giannis would have made a difference?

[Marvin Martian]

Giannis is literally the most physically dominant player in the league. Teams build **** walls to try and slow him down. It doesn't matter that he can't guard Jokic because Jokic can't guard him either. No one can.

Watching OKC, I never got the feeling when they were struggling to contain Jokic that "Giannis fixes this"

I think they would be better off going after players who have proven that they can stop Jokic e.g. Zubac, which would cost less than Giannis

You don't think that replacing Chet and JDub's 28 points on 31 shots with 30+ hyper efficient points from Giannis would have made a difference?

It has been only one game. I doubt that they will continue to play this poorly for another 3 games.

The only thing we can be certain about, is that they do not have the personnel or a scheme to cover Jokic. That will be a problem not just for this series, but also for the next few years.