Windhorst: If Giannis doesn't sign a Supermax, AD will sign a 1+1 deal in order to recruit Giannis to Lakers next year

The4thHorseman · Post #241 » by **The4thHorseman** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:48 pm

Like I said earlier in the thread, if this were true then why didn't Windhorst tweet this info from his own account? Why are we taking this info as the truth from 2 non-verified twitter accounts??

vxmike · Post #242 » by **vxmike** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:59 pm

Andrew_M08 wrote:If Giannis leaves for the Lakers might as well just abolish small market teams. Just have the Lakers, Warriors, Heat etc. duke it out every year

Yeah the league will be a total joke at that point.

vxmike · Post #243 » by **vxmike** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:01 pm

Freighttrain wrote:By the time Giannis & AD would hypothetically be together, LeBron would be what, 38? He'll be way past his prime so it's not like he's peak LeBron by then. But many of you seem to give him credit by saying it as if there would be 3 superstars on the roster. Do I think it will happen? No. But everyone here is way overreacting. I think a Luka + Giannis signing would be way more detrimental to some people's perspective about superteams. They would dominate for the next 10 years, yet people seem to be angry only when it would involve LeBron. I might even think that a 40-year-old LeBron would make people mad if someone joined him

Lebron is still the best player in the league by a fairly wide margin. That’s not likely to change a year from now.

iamworthy · Post #244 » by **iamworthy** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:02 pm

The4thHorseman wrote:Like I said earlier in the thread, if this were true then why didn't Windhorst tweet this info from his own account? Why are we taking this info as the truth from 2 non-verified twitter accounts??

if you have Twitter search Brian Windhorst and you'll see a video of him discussing yannis contract. Towards the end he mentions the Lakers.

J_T · Post #245 » by **J_T** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:04 pm

I thought everyone is simply ignoring whatever Windhorst says. I guess I have things to learn. I don't think he is a guy that would have any inside information and his opinions are rarely interesting.

Boneman2 · Post #246 » by **Boneman2** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:08 pm

Why didn’t AD recruit anybody when he was with the Pelicans?

prelude00 · Post #247 » by **prelude00** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:21 pm

wablty wrote:I'd probably stop watching the NBA at that point.

Yep. My raptors have win a championship. I'll gladly walk away from watching if that happened.

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Mr B · Post #248 » by **Mr B** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:25 pm

John Murdoch wrote:
Mr B wrote:
NO-KG-AI wrote:I don't think AD will operate at all based on what Giannis is or isn't doing. if Giannis is determined to go to the Lakers, he'll get there regardless.

It’s funny this is even a topic when you consider he’s already said he has no interest in playing with Labron. He wants to beat Labron.

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He cant even beat Butler and some YMCA dudes

He would be able to if he signed on with Luka and the Mavs or Jimmy Butler and the Heat.

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RSP83 · Post #249 » by **RSP83** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:33 pm

Normally I would ignore this kind of rumor. I mean sports journalist like Windhorst can speculate whatever they want, it's their job. But, superteams / join forces are also common these days. So yeah it's really concerning to think that while it's only a speculation, technically it's possible. The only thing that can prevent it from happening is probably only Giannis himself. Why can't Giannis recruit somebody to play for the Bucks?

Benedict_Boozer · Post #250 » by **Benedict_Boozer** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 6:12 pm

I'm not so sure the Giannis and AD pairing would be so dominant, AD's game is reliant upon a play maker to set the table for him and that is not Giannis' game. His lack of a jumper is also a problem with an inside/out combo.

I mean he is an MVP so the overwhelming talent might make fit irrelevant, but it's not as scary a pairing as Giannis and Luka IMHO.

flow · Post #251 » by **flow** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:05 pm

zimpy27 wrote:
ThunderBolt wrote:Lebron winning a championship with AD and Giannis would be on the same level as Durant's championship with the warriors.

LeBron would be Curry in this situation though

Do people trash Curry for the Durant thing?

No, Lebron would be Draymond. And yes, people did trash him for recruiting Durant.

jokeboy86 · Post #252 » by **jokeboy86** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:19 pm

RSP83 wrote:Normally I would ignore this kind of rumor. I mean sports journalist like Windhorst can speculate whatever they want, it's their job. But, superteams / join forces are also common these days. So yeah it's really concerning to think that while it's only a speculation, technically it's possible. The only thing that can prevent it from happening is probably only Giannis himself. Why can't Giannis recruit somebody to play for the Bucks?

Same reason KG and Lebron couldn't. Now granted Min and Cle never had the cap space while they had KG and Lebron to ever truly go after that 2nd star but I doubt they would have been able to get anybody to come. Hell it took Lebron and Kyrie for Love to be on board with coming to Cle in Lebron's 2nd go-round.

NPZ · Post #253 » by **NPZ** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:43 pm

Boneman2 wrote:Why didn’t AD recruit anybody when he was with the Pelicans?

He didn't want to do that to his friends around the league.

NPZ · Post #254 » by **NPZ** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:51 pm

XtremeDunkz wrote:If giannis goes to the Lakers, the owners will lock out as soon as they get the chance until they come up with a system to protect small markets.

They already tried that a handful of years ago. Proposal sounded draconian as F as a Laker fan, but in the end, players still found a way out if they wanted out.

Fans need to learn that players today aren't like the ones from the 80s who stayed in garbage chises like Nique did and then got traded to the fleabag Clippers as a thank you for a great career there while the Hawks were within their only year as a contender in his entire career there. Or Miller and Stock staying put and never winning. Malone to a large extent. Players don't want that today more often than not. You just gotta hope Giannis is dumb enough to stay in MIL, basically. If he does, so be it, but he's going to have the same probs Brawn did winning a title in Cleveland. Brawn was lucky just to get the one. I watch Jordan lites from the 80s and I can't believe he didn't throw weekly hissy fits about the rank roster around him, Granville Waiters and Brad Sellers, etc. Dave Corzine was considered a solid center for them. Maybe MIL did really get lucky and he's the superstar w/ the heart of gold who wants to brave MIL winters for his entire career. Kareem didn't, I know that. He was California Dreamin. "I'd be safe and warm....if I was in L.A."

Spanish_Laker · Post #255 » by **Spanish_Laker** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:53 pm

No thanks, we don't need him, he doesn't need to ruin his legacy like KD did. Stay in Milwaukee.

Merc_Porto · Post #256 » by **Merc_Porto** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:56 pm

Yeah, after seeing what happend to the legacy of KD after the Warriors move i don't see Giannis doing this.

But, who knows...

Post #257 » by **zimpy27** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 8:27 pm

flow wrote:
zimpy27 wrote:
ThunderBolt wrote:Lebron winning a championship with AD and Giannis would be on the same level as Durant's championship with the warriors.

LeBron would be Curry in this situation though

Do people trash Curry for the Durant thing?

No, Lebron would be Draymond. And yes, people did trash him for recruiting Durant.

LeBron is definitely Curry

Maybe Dwight was their Draymond?

Freighttrain · Post #258 » by **Freighttrain** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 8:43 pm

iamworthy wrote:
The4thHorseman wrote:Like I said earlier in the thread, if this were true then why didn't Windhorst tweet this info from his own account? Why are we taking this info as the truth from 2 non-verified twitter accounts??

if you have Twitter search Brian Windhorst and you'll see a video of him discussing yannis contract. Towards the end he mentions the Lakers.

I'll take your word, but Windhorst has swung a lot missed quite a few times in his predictions.

iamworthy · Post #259 » by **iamworthy** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 8:45 pm

Freighttrain wrote:
iamworthy wrote:
The4thHorseman wrote:Like I said earlier in the thread, if this were true then why didn't Windhorst tweet this info from his own account? Why are we taking this info as the truth from 2 non-verified twitter accounts??

if you have Twitter search Brian Windhorst and you'll see a video of him discussing yannis contract. Towards the end he mentions the Lakers.

I'll take your word, but Windhorst has swung a lot missed quite a few times in his predictions.

Absolutely. Yannis isn't coming to the Lakers.

Boneman2 · Post #260 » by **Boneman2** » Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:58 pm

NPZ wrote:
Boneman2 wrote:Why didn’t AD recruit anybody when he was with the Pelicans?

He didn't want to do that to his friends around the league.

lol... What's wrong with New Orleans?