Brunson for Giannis

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Would you trade Brunson for Giannis straight up?

Yes
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62%
No
58
36%
Maybe
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2%
 
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Re: Brunson for Giannis 

Post#61 » by NoStatsGuy » Tue Oct 14, 2025 10:18 pm

ForeverTFC wrote:There's being a homer, and then there is this poll....


whats that supposed to mean?

Its a simple question that people answer. There are multiple valid reasons why you wouldnt want to trade for giannis and give away brunson. There are multiple points already layed out in this thread, that make perfect sense. Yea, giannis is the better player but thats not the question in the poll.

why would i give up the king of new york to have a roster without someone being able to run the point. Just doesnt make sense for either side. And since their contracts are so vastly different, this is fan fiction anyway. no reason to lose sleep over this.
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Re: Brunson for Giannis 

Post#62 » by pushfloater » Wed Oct 15, 2025 3:37 am

NoStatsGuy wrote:
ForeverTFC wrote:There's being a homer, and then there is this poll....


whats that supposed to mean?

Its a simple question that people answer. There are multiple valid reasons why you wouldnt want to trade for giannis and give away brunson. There are multiple points already layed out in this thread, that make perfect sense. Yea, giannis is the better player but thats not the question in the poll.

why would i give up the king of new york to have a roster without someone being able to run the point. Just doesnt make sense for either side. And since their contracts are so vastly different, this is fan fiction anyway. no reason to lose sleep over this.


Add in Josh Hart? I should have made in Brunson and Hart.
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Re: Brunson for Giannis 

Post#63 » by NoStatsGuy » Wed Oct 15, 2025 10:13 am

pushfloater wrote:
NoStatsGuy wrote:
ForeverTFC wrote:There's being a homer, and then there is this poll....


whats that supposed to mean?

Its a simple question that people answer. There are multiple valid reasons why you wouldnt want to trade for giannis and give away brunson. There are multiple points already layed out in this thread, that make perfect sense. Yea, giannis is the better player but thats not the question in the poll.

why would i give up the king of new york to have a roster without someone being able to run the point. Just doesnt make sense for either side. And since their contracts are so vastly different, this is fan fiction anyway. no reason to lose sleep over this.


Add in Josh Hart? I should have made in Brunson and Hart.


I mean, i dont see a world where that trades happens, regardless if the money works or not. As i have mentioned Giannis is the better player, theres no argument there.

But the context matters a lot here. The knicks are a top2 team in the east and therefore legit title contenders. There is literally no reason to destroy this team, we can make a run with this team. And trading away multiple starters would definitley destroy the team. Not even talking about that brunson also is one of the top 3 or top 4 point guards in the league right now, in my opinion. i only see SGA and Luka as clearly better, maybe you have curry at the #3, i wouldnt argue against that. And Hali is definitley in that conversation as well. Even though id personally chose brunson over hali. Could be my bias ;)

The impact on the team would be very drastic. I just dont see it happening, especially not any time soon. If this knicks team implodes this year, we have to look at that again. But if the knicks would end up with giannis and no brunson on the knicks i dont think they are better than milwaukee. So whats the point?

In a vacuum without any context at all. Yes, i would be much more willing to trade 1 for 1.
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Re: Brunson for Giannis 

Post#64 » by cpower » Wed Oct 15, 2025 12:41 pm

Brunson is not very good if you can trade him for the Greek freak you do it in a heartbeat
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Re: Brunson for Giannis 

Post#65 » by Wolveswin » Wed Oct 15, 2025 4:15 pm

cpower wrote:Brunson is not very good

Not even close to true or accurate.
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Re: Brunson for Giannis 

Post#66 » by Laimbeer » Wed Oct 15, 2025 6:23 pm

Giannis is a far better player than Brunson. Not to mention their poor fit together. The Knicks should do this in a heartbeat but they would have to add more

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Re: Brunson for Giannis 

Post#67 » by tcheco » Wed Oct 15, 2025 6:32 pm

Giannis is levels above Brunson, if Bucks for some reason have a concussion and ask for Brunson, just add Hart and drive them to Milwaukee by car if needed lol.

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Re: Brunson for Giannis 

Post#68 » by Curmudgeon » Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:50 pm

Would I trade Brunson for Giannis? Sure, if I were the Knicks. But why would the Bucks do that?
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Re: Brunson for Giannis 

Post#69 » by cpower » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:59 am

Wolveswin wrote:
cpower wrote:Brunson is not very good

Not even close to true or accurate.

he is -7.7 Ortg in the playoffs last year. Thats pretty bad for an offensive player.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brunsja01/on-off/2025
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Re: Brunson for Giannis 

Post#70 » by Wolveswin » Thu Oct 16, 2025 5:50 am

cpower wrote:
Wolveswin wrote:
cpower wrote:Brunson is not very good

Not even close to true or accurate.

he is -7.7 Ortg in the playoffs last year. Thats pretty bad for an offensive player.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brunsja01/on-off/2025

You really need to recalibrate if you are trying to defend such a statement.
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Re: Brunson for Giannis 

Post#71 » by Quattro » Thu Oct 16, 2025 3:53 pm

I mean it depends on who "you" refers to:

You = knicks - YES
You = Bucks - to quote Charles Barkley..."Come on man".
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Re: Brunson for Giannis 

Post#72 » by PostGameDaVinci » Thu Oct 16, 2025 6:47 pm

If we could actually do a 1 for 1 swap, I'd drive Brunson to Milwaukee myself. Giannis is clearly the better player and already has a FMVP.

But it's not worth getting the team just go get Giannis. We already learned that with Melo.
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Re: Brunson for Giannis 

Post#73 » by MavsDirk41 » Fri Oct 17, 2025 12:46 am

I would absolutely trade Brunson for Giannis but then you have to trade OG for a point guard. I think Giannis would seriously consider New York as a destination if he wanted out.

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