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cgf wrote:Towns could help keep them from being terrible until their pick debt is paid and they can pivot to a rebuild...and tough to imagine a better supporting cast for the greek freak than Brunson, Anunoby, and Bridges.
...just sayin'
dakomish23 wrote:I hope DEN is on his list. Him and Jokic together would be fun
Chuck Everett wrote:I personally think Giannis is done winning chips. The fact that he pretty much refused to run pick and rolls with Dame (two-man game) doesn't exactly inspire confidence that he will do what's best to maximize everyone around him. Even Jokic runs pick and roll with Murray. Until Giannis is ready to be a screener for a high-impact perimeter player on top of his skillset as a downhill rim-wrecker, it's not going to matter if he changes teams.
NyKnicks1714 wrote:I think the market for Giannis will be relatively weak for a top-5 player. It's kind of hard to come up with any landing spot, but for some reason Miami jumps out at me.
Raps in 4 wrote:The ball is in OKC's court. Nobody can match their offer. If they want him, he'll be playing for them next year.
If OKC doesn't want him (it would be a huge mistake IMO), then Houston can come up with the second best offer. The only problem for Houston is that by giving up assets in the trade, their remaining roster isn't that great.
Darkhorse are the Lakers. They don't have a good package to offer, but it doesn't matter. If Silver isn't happy with the ratings in these playoffs, he might call it in and coordinate a trade between the owners.
mademan wrote:Raps in 4 wrote:The ball is in OKC's court. Nobody can match their offer. If they want him, he'll be playing for them next year.
If OKC doesn't want him (it would be a huge mistake IMO), then Houston can come up with the second best offer. The only problem for Houston is that by giving up assets in the trade, their remaining roster isn't that great.
Darkhorse are the Lakers. They don't have a good package to offer, but it doesn't matter. If Silver isn't happy with the ratings in these playoffs, he might call it in and coordinate a trade between the owners.
even Silver cant make this happen and make it seem reasonable. Lebron/Reaves/and the 2 first rounders they have is not close to a fair package, and Lebron has an NTC that he would obv exercise to save himself from spending his last season on a bad team in Milwaukee. Other owners would revolt
Raps in 4 wrote:mademan wrote:Raps in 4 wrote:The ball is in OKC's court. Nobody can match their offer. If they want him, he'll be playing for them next year.
If OKC doesn't want him (it would be a huge mistake IMO), then Houston can come up with the second best offer. The only problem for Houston is that by giving up assets in the trade, their remaining roster isn't that great.
Darkhorse are the Lakers. They don't have a good package to offer, but it doesn't matter. If Silver isn't happy with the ratings in these playoffs, he might call it in and coordinate a trade between the owners.
even Silver cant make this happen and make it seem reasonable. Lebron/Reaves/and the 2 first rounders they have is not close to a fair package, and Lebron has an NTC that he would obv exercise to save himself from spending his last season on a bad team in Milwaukee. Other owners would revolt
They can just say Horst is friends with Pelinka and they'd been discussing this trade for a month now and Pelinka really sold Horst on LeBron and Reaves.
xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:GiannisAnte34 wrote:xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:My dude, I’ve said multiple times now that the Pacers and the Bucks aren’t going to trade. That was literally my first quote in this thread. Someone mentioned the Pacers and I said it would never happen…
Cool, idk why you feel the need to keep reiterating that when I’m in agreement with what you said. I’m allowed to also expand on my reasoning there, you seem unnecessarily defensive.
The way you worded your post made it sound like I was trying to argue the Bucks and Pacers should trade.
Kinda like how I said “Siakam would be a part of the package” then you turned around and pretty much said “Siakam isn’t enough to get it down” completely ignoring what I said.
Whatever though.
GiannisAnte34 wrote:xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:GiannisAnte34 wrote:
Cool, idk why you feel the need to keep reiterating that when I’m in agreement with what you said. I’m allowed to also expand on my reasoning there, you seem unnecessarily defensive.
The way you worded your post made it sound like I was trying to argue the Bucks and Pacers should trade.
Kinda like how I said “Siakam would be a part of the package” then you turned around and pretty much said “Siakam isn’t enough to get it down” completely ignoring what I said.
Whatever though.
How is agreeing with what you said by breaking down the value piece ignoring what you said? I just don’t see how the Pacers could keep their depth and put together enough value, I explained my reasoning without lashing out. Shouldn’t that be fair enough back and forth? Feels like you’re just eager to pounce on whatever I said
xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:GiannisAnte34 wrote:xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:The way you worded your post made it sound like I was trying to argue the Bucks and Pacers should trade.
Kinda like how I said “Siakam would be a part of the package” then you turned around and pretty much said “Siakam isn’t enough to get it down” completely ignoring what I said.
Whatever though.
How is agreeing with what you said by breaking down the value piece ignoring what you said? I just don’t see how the Pacers could keep their depth and put together enough value, I explained my reasoning without lashing out. Shouldn’t that be fair enough back and forth? Feels like you’re just eager to pounce on whatever I said
You had not worded anything in a way which sounded like you were agreeing with me, but fair enough bro.
GiannisAnte34 wrote:xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:GiannisAnte34 wrote:
How is agreeing with what you said by breaking down the value piece ignoring what you said? I just don’t see how the Pacers could keep their depth and put together enough value, I explained my reasoning without lashing out. Shouldn’t that be fair enough back and forth? Feels like you’re just eager to pounce on whatever I said
You had not worded anything in a way which sounded like you were agreeing with me, but fair enough bro.
You: the Pacers probably can’t put together a good enough package, because theoretically their best offer is Siakam and some picks/throw in bench pieces
Me: yep and here’s why
You: why are you not agreeing with me?
xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:GiannisAnte34 wrote:xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:You had not worded anything in a way which sounded like you were agreeing with me, but fair enough bro.
You: the Pacers probably can’t put together a good enough package, because theoretically their best offer is Siakam and some picks/throw in bench pieces
Me: yep and here’s why
You: why are you not agreeing with me?
That isn’t what happened, but no need to derail this thread further. Have a good day dude.
GiannisAnte34 wrote:xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:___Rand___ wrote: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?
___Rand___ wrote:GiannisAnte34 wrote:xxSnEaKyPxx wrote: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?
I know there's some beef between Bucks and Pacers, but it's not enough to over come what makes sense. Bucks get good assets for Giannis, and some players to build with for the future and still be entertaining in the present.
mademan wrote:NyKnicks1714 wrote:I think the market for Giannis will be relatively weak for a top-5 player. It's kind of hard to come up with any landing spot, but for some reason Miami jumps out at me.
There will be a decent amount of teams being interested making big offers. I dont see how Miami outbids Houston, who will for sure be in on it. If OKC doesnt make the finals, they jump to the front of the list. Lotto tonight as well, and there's a chance a team like SAS, Dallas, even Pel's jump to 1 and build a solid offer for him
Raps in 4 wrote:The ball is in OKC's court. Nobody can match their offer. If they want him, he'll be playing for them next year.
If OKC doesn't want him (it would be a huge mistake IMO), then Houston can come up with the second best offer. The only problem for Houston is that by giving up assets in the trade, their remaining roster isn't that great.
Darkhorse are the Lakers. They don't have a good package to offer, but it doesn't matter. If Silver isn't happy with the ratings in these playoffs, he might call it in and coordinate a trade between the owners.
donato wrote:mademan wrote:NyKnicks1714 wrote:I think the market for Giannis will be relatively weak for a top-5 player. It's kind of hard to come up with any landing spot, but for some reason Miami jumps out at me.
There will be a decent amount of teams being interested making big offers. I dont see how Miami outbids Houston, who will for sure be in on it. If OKC doesnt make the finals, they jump to the front of the list. Lotto tonight as well, and there's a chance a team like SAS, Dallas, even Pel's jump to 1 and build a solid offer for him
Nobody is giving up the #1 pick for him.
mademan wrote:donato wrote:mademan wrote:
There will be a decent amount of teams being interested making big offers. I dont see how Miami outbids Houston, who will for sure be in on it. If OKC doesnt make the finals, they jump to the front of the list. Lotto tonight as well, and there's a chance a team like SAS, Dallas, even Pel's jump to 1 and build a solid offer for him
Nobody is giving up the #1 pick for him.
Ya i'd be surprised. Dallas is the only one i think might, and Pel's, who shouldnt, but may be wary of yet another rebuild after their last 5+ year rebuild netted a single 1st round exit. But both still probably just take the consensus number 1 pick and get 5 years of cheap top tier talent
