hugepatsfan wrote:williambh3 wrote:hugepatsfan wrote:
Strong for sure. But a team that, even with him, doesn't look like a locked in playoff team isn't goin to give the #7 pick this year and a 2026 MIL pick that's resulting from a year that Tatum/Dame will both miss. And not that he's good, but Kuzma is going out too. That 2026 MIL pick swap, in this trade scenario, will be coming from a team that's best player on paper after the deal will be Bobby Portis as far as guys playing next year... and he may opt out too which means it'd be Pat Connaughton.
This deal doesn’t happen without the swap, so New Orleans is giving up a Giannis on Milwaukee swap, not a post deal swap.
MIL doesn't deal Giannis unless he makes it so they have to. And if he makes it so, then NOP is sitting on a post Giannis trade swap.
MIL isn't driving this here. They're at Giannis' mercy. He wants to stay - they unequivocally keep him. He makes that an untenable situation - they have to trade him whether they get their swap back or not.
Giannis seems like the type of guy who would try to do right by Milwaukee. Call me crazy, but they might try to work together for a mutually beneficial outcome.
