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OT: Giannis / Bucks Trade Coming?

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Re: OT: Giannis / Bucks Trade Coming? 

Post#241 » by MiamiSPX » Mon Dec 29, 2025 7:36 pm

Thaddy wrote:OKC could offer Chet and Williams. That would take the cake by far and basically guarantee them a championship.


Don't they both have the poison pill provision? I am almost certain Williams does.....

I don't think OKC trades for him. Yeah they got thumped by the Spurs 3 times but they are not going to overreact to that. They are still the champs and other than the Spurs, no other team stands a chance at beating them.

I still think the Hawks should make a move for him, assuming he would be okay with that. They have the draft capital and Risacher.

If he doesn't want Atlanta, then I think the Heat are the favorites. The team I think should trade for him is the Knicks, but they seem to have convinced themselves they have enough to compete (making the Finals, possible....they aren't beating OKC though). They are not young and that window closes fast.

As for us, I think Giannis would even choose the Nets over the Raptors and just bank on someone else eventually forcing their way there to join him.
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Re: OT: Giannis / Bucks Trade Coming? 

Post#242 » by LoveMyRaps » Mon Dec 29, 2025 7:36 pm

Thaddy wrote:OKC could offer Chet and Williams. That would take the cake by far and basically guarantee them a championship.


Terrible trade for OKC
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Re: OT: Giannis / Bucks Trade Coming? 

Post#243 » by TGM » Tue Dec 30, 2025 10:42 pm

I still prefer a Sabonis trade as we don’t need to mortgage the future and can still build a strong line up

IQ, Jak, Ochai,Mogbo, Dick and future first. for Sabonis, Monk, Carter or Sabonis, Ellis, Carter and Schroeder.

Monk - Shead -Carter
RJ - Walter - Temple
Ingram - Battle
Barnes - CMB
Sabonis - Mamu - Bamba

Salary wise this type of line up is sustainable.

Barnes is your only max player. Sabonis and Ingram are in the low 40s. RJ probably longer term is around 30 a season. Monk is a sub 20. You have some rookies and vets that don’t break the bank and you keep cycling your players while maintaining your draft capital. This is the new way to succeed in the NBA.
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Re: OT: Giannis / Bucks Trade Coming? 

Post#244 » by MiamiSPX » Thu Jan 8, 2026 7:03 pm

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Re: OT: Giannis / Bucks Trade Coming? 

Post#245 » by ArthurVandelay » Thu Jan 8, 2026 8:16 pm

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Translation: I’ll be traded this summer.
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Re: OT: Giannis / Bucks Trade Coming? 

Post#246 » by Tripod » Thu Jan 8, 2026 8:25 pm

They got 1 more 1st to throw away in a trade. Let's see if they do something dumb.
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Re: OT: Giannis / Bucks Trade Coming? 

Post#247 » by WWSRD » Thu Jan 8, 2026 8:40 pm

Giannis has a very fake media presence.

Trying not to upset anybody will upset everybody. Just ask for a trade. If you really want to be a friend to the Bucks, have many teams on your trade destination list so they can get a bidding war going.

He's probably going to keep this crap going, acting like he's the best guy, then saddle the bucks with 1 team they have to trade him to.
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Re: OT: Giannis / Bucks Trade Coming? 

Post#248 » by MiamiSPX » Thu Jan 8, 2026 9:19 pm

WWSRD wrote:Giannis has a very fake media presence.

Trying not to upset anybody will upset everybody. Just ask for a trade. If you really want to be a friend to the Bucks, have many teams on your trade destination list so they can get a bidding war going.

He's probably going to keep this crap going, acting like he's the best guy, then saddle the bucks with 1 team they have to trade him to.


I also think this is 100% BS. Some of the words he's using are a little shifty IMO. He's very engaging and does tons of media appearances. He knows exactly what he's doing.

There was no market for him right now, and it finally sunk in. So now he's saying just enough of the right things. I think the tone will change again this summer.
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Re: OT: Giannis / Bucks Trade Coming? 

Post#249 » by Kingsway_fan » Fri Jan 9, 2026 9:34 pm

He seems happy to rot on a lottery bound team...
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Re: OT: Giannis / Bucks Trade Coming? 

Post#250 » by LoveMyRaps » Fri Jan 9, 2026 9:44 pm

Kingsway_fan wrote:He seems happy to rot on a lottery bound team...


Let him.

I respect loyalty.

Would love to see him retire a Buck.
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Re: OT: Giannis / Bucks Trade Coming? 

Post#251 » by nestea » Sat Jan 10, 2026 7:06 am

If he leaves the bucks his brothers will be unemployed. He ain't going nowhere
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