Best Giannis Offer as of 6/12/2026?

[babyjax13]

Did a Bucks offseason to think about where they'd be if they rebuild, and with so many picks gone I think they are just in a terrible position if that is their route. I think they will need to consider staying playoff relevant by just taking Brown for themselves.

The Giannis trade (w/BOS)
MIL trades: Giannis Antetokounmpo
in: Bogdan Bogdanovic, Derrick Jones Jr., Brook Lopez, Isaiah Jackson, Nic Batum, Hugo Gonzales, 2027 UTA/CLE/MIN 1st (most favorable), 2030 ORL 1st, 2027 OKC/LAC/DEN 1st (lowest conveyed, DEN protected 1-5 --- effectively the middle of these three picks), 2028 OKC/DAL 1st (higher), 2031 BOS 1st, 2031 MIN 1st
I tried to add every team I could to get more picks coming to Milwaukee considering how screwed they are with their pick debts.

BOS trades: Jaylen Brown, Hugo Gonzales, 2026 BOS 1st (27), 2031 BOS 1st
in: Giannis Antetokounmpo
Obvious motivation is obvious.

LAC trades: Bogdan Bogdanovic, Derrick Jones Jr., Brook Lopez, Isaiah Jackson, Nic Batum, 2026 IND 1st (5)
in: Jaylen Brown
The Clippers build a really nice trio that can compete for the top of the West. Garland/Brown/Kawhi/Collins is a nice group of four and they can fill out their rotation with some minimums and a taxpayer MLE player.

SAC trades: 2026 SAC 1st (7), 2031 MIN 1st
in: 2026 LAC 1st (5), 2026 BOS 1st (27)
Sacramento ensures they get the player they want.

MEM trades: 2027 UTA/CLE/MIN 1st (most favorable), 2030 ORL 1st, 2031 PHX 1st
in: 2026 SAC 1st (7)
Memphis just tries to finish their rebuild right now.

OKC trades: 2027 OKC/LAC/DEN 1st (lowest conveyed, DEN protected 1-5), 2028 OKC/DAL 1st (higher)
in: 2031 PHX 1st
OKC extends the timeline on their picks a bit.

The Turner trade
MIL trades: Myles Turner
LAL trades: Jarred Vanderbilt, DeAndre Ayton, Dalton Knecht, 2026 LAL 1st (25)
The Lakers get a starting caliber center without affecting their cap sheet negatively. This gives them some flexibility in free agency to find another complimentary player.


Draft:
10. Nate Ament
25. Maleek Thomas

Future 1sts:
2027: UTA/CLE/MIN 1st (most favorable), OKC/LAC/DEN 1st (lowest conveyed, DEN protected 1-5 --- effectively the middle of these three picks)
2028: 2028 1st (less favorable of a bunch of picks), OKC/DAL 1st (higher)
2029: none
2030: POR/MIL 1st (less favorable), ORL 1st
2031: MIL 1st, MIN 1st, BOS 1st
2032: MIL 1st

[hugepatsfan]

ATL gives: Okongwu, Kuminga, Risacher, Hield, #8, 2027 lesser of MIL/NOP 1st rounder
ATL gets: Jaylen, Queta, Portis

Why? Get a go-to scorer on the wing to take pressure off of Johnson. The dynamic between Jalen Johnson as a point forward and Brown coming in has proof of concept with Brown's years of playing with Tatum. Naw's "3&D" roots should make him a good option to play off of those guys. And all 3 of them have handles too which should make Daniels a viable PG too, able to just wreak havoc defensively and off cuts. Presumably they'll bring CJ back and maybe he starts over Daniels. Kisper is just your generic off the bench shooter working around their 3 wings of JJ/Brown/NAW. Queta/Portis restock the front court to make ATL not feel like they have a deficiency there after the trade. #8, an alright starter in OO and a future pick that doesn't have max upside on it seems like a fair price for an all NBA guy IMO.

MIL gives: Giannis, Portis
MIL gets: Kuminga, Risacher, Hield, #8, #27, 2027 lesser of MIL/NOP 1st rounder, 2027 BOS 1st, 2031 BOS 1st, 2033 BOS 1st

Why? Filler salary and a bunch of picks. #8 probably puts them in range to get one of the guards in this draft along with the rumor of them being enamored with Ament at #10 as a forward. All the salary is expiring and I guess you get a flier on Risacher if you count that. Not ideal, but if you view the #8 pick as having a high ceiling, that qualifies as some kind of centerpiece. Then there's the volume in future years with the extra picks from BOS and the NOP/MIL one.

BOS gives: Brown, Queta, #27, 2027 1st, 2031 1st, 2033 1st
BOS gets: Giannis, Okongwu (TPE)

Why? Giannis. Enough said. Okongwu fits well as a stretch 5, even though Queta is pretty solid himself.

Remaining offseason moves for BOS:

1) Salary dump Hauser into a TPE/MLE somewhere (or give him to MIL here if they want him).
2) Waive Banton
3) Pay Anfernee Simons and John Collins each an amount equal to the taxpayers MLE. You can split the full MLE up to do that.

We would be $22,513 over the tax line with 14 players signed. Waive Shulga at $2,150,917 and sign the #40 pick for enough below that to duck the tax

Pritchard / Simons
White / Hugo
Tatum / Scheierman / Harper Jr.
Giannis / Walsh
Okongwu / Collins / Garza / AWilliams

[MrIrrelevant]

The Giannis trade (w/BOS)
MIL trades: Giannis Antetokounmpo
in: Bogdan Bogdanovic, Derrick Jones Jr., Brook Lopez, Isaiah Jackson, Nic Batum, Hugo Gonzales, 2027 UTA/CLE/MIN 1st (most favorable), 2030 ORL 1st, 2027 OKC/LAC/DEN 1st (lowest conveyed, DEN protected 1-5 --- effectively the middle of these three picks), 2028 OKC/DAL 1st (higher), 2031 BOS 1st, 2031 MIN 1st

Love the creativity and I think you're probably the closest to Giannis's value, but I don't know if Boston wants him. Haynes made it sounds like they really didn't prefer him over Brown. Only teams that he would re-sign with are Miami, Boston, and NY, so the other teams would only pay like a low starter and a late first round pick.

I still think this gets done by the draft (I also thought it would get done by last year's trade deadline though). I think the holdup is the Bucks trying to re-direct Herro and maybe Jovic, trying to ship off Portis/Kuzma, trying to get another FRP in some way. I think the deal is Herro, Jovic, Ware, Jaquez, pick 13, a protected future FRP, and a swap for Giannis. Thems the breaks.

[Wolveswin]

Let’s make every team happy…

To Celtics: Giannis

To Jazz: #10/Brown/Camara

To Blazers: JJJ/C. Williams/Bucks Filler

To Bucks: #2/Grant/Scoot/#27/All Blazers owed Bucks draft picks and swaps returned/future Celtics FRP

[jayjaysee]

Let’s make every team happy…

To Celtics: Giannis

To Jazz: #10/Brown/Camara

To Blazers: JJJ/C. Williams/Bucks Filler

To Bucks: #2/Grant/Scoot/#27/All Blazers owed Bucks draft picks and swaps returned/future Celtics FRP

Seems like the Jazz are strongly overpaying to make Milwaukee happy.

No idea how to break the value, but Jaylen isn’t worth 2nd, Camara isn’t worth JJJ.. and 10 doesn’t come close to fixing it imo.

[hugepatsfan]

Let’s make every team happy…

To Celtics: Giannis

To Jazz: #10/Brown/Camara

To Blazers: JJJ/C. Williams/Bucks Filler

To Bucks: #2/Grant/Scoot/#27/All Blazers owed Bucks draft picks and swaps returned/future Celtics FRP

This makes everyone happy if Utah is a masochist lol

[babyjax13]

Let’s make every team happy…

To Celtics: Giannis

To Jazz: #10/Brown/Camara

To Blazers: JJJ/C. Williams/Bucks Filler

To Bucks: #2/Grant/Scoot/#27/All Blazers owed Bucks draft picks and swaps returned/future Celtics FRP

I would rather just keep our pick. JJJ and some future picks for Brown seems more reasonable.

[hugepatsfan]

Let’s make every team happy…

To Celtics: Giannis

To Jazz: #10/Brown/Camara

To Blazers: JJJ/C. Williams/Bucks Filler

To Bucks: #2/Grant/Scoot/#27/All Blazers owed Bucks draft picks and swaps returned/future Celtics FRP

I would rather just keep our pick. JJJ and some future picks for Brown seems more reasonable.

Do you put any stock into the reports today about Jazz liking Boozer as a fit with JJJ? Would seem to mean that if there were a Brown trade, Lauri would be the outgoing name instead

[babyjax13]

Let’s make every team happy…

To Celtics: Giannis

To Jazz: #10/Brown/Camara

To Blazers: JJJ/C. Williams/Bucks Filler

To Bucks: #2/Grant/Scoot/#27/All Blazers owed Bucks draft picks and swaps returned/future Celtics FRP

I would rather just keep our pick. JJJ and some future picks for Brown seems more reasonable.

Do you put any stock into the reports today about Jazz liking Boozer as a fit with JJJ? Would seem to mean that if there were a Brown trade, Lauri would be the outgoing name instead

Everything I have seen indicates that we have not finalized who we think BPA will be at 2. My suspicion is that if AJ is there we take him, but that we are still deciding between Peterson and Boozer. I would imagine that we do like the fit of Boozer with JJJ, but if that is the case I actually don't see us trading Lauri or JJJ, but instead moving Kessler.

[hugepatsfan]

I would rather just keep our pick. JJJ and some future picks for Brown seems more reasonable.

Do you put any stock into the reports today about Jazz liking Boozer as a fit with JJJ? Would seem to mean that if there were a Brown trade, Lauri would be the outgoing name instead

Everything I have seen indicates that we have not finalized who we think BPA will be at 2. My suspicion is that if AJ is there we take him, but that we are still deciding between Peterson and Boozer. I would imagine that we do like the fit of Boozer with JJJ, but if that is the case I actually don't see us trading Lauri or JJJ, but instead moving Kessler.

That makes sense in general. But in the context of the Brown trade you offered of JJJ/picks, I’d think Lauri would make more sense as the outgoing salary if you took Boozer to pair him with JJJ.

Kessler may well be traded, but the S&T dynamic means it wouldn’t really work in a Brown trade

[babyjax13]

Do you put any stock into the reports today about Jazz liking Boozer as a fit with JJJ? Would seem to mean that if there were a Brown trade, Lauri would be the outgoing name instead

Everything I have seen indicates that we have not finalized who we think BPA will be at 2. My suspicion is that if AJ is there we take him, but that we are still deciding between Peterson and Boozer. I would imagine that we do like the fit of Boozer with JJJ, but if that is the case I actually don't see us trading Lauri or JJJ, but instead moving Kessler.

That makes sense in general. But in the context of the Brown trade you offered of JJJ/picks, I’d think Lauri would make more sense as the outgoing salary if you took Boozer to pair him with JJJ.

Kessler may well be traded, but the S&T dynamic means it wouldn’t really work in a Brown trade

I think in the context of a Brown deal trading JJJ makes more sense since Lauri primarily plays small forward for us. If you keep JJJ suddenly you have a position-locked PF (Boozer), a primary PF who can play small-ball center (JJJ), and a position-locked center (Kessler).

[BostoNZ]

Everything I have seen indicates that we have not finalized who we think BPA will be at 2. My suspicion is that if AJ is there we take him, but that we are still deciding between Peterson and Boozer. I would imagine that we do like the fit of Boozer with JJJ, but if that is the case I actually don't see us trading Lauri or JJJ, but instead moving Kessler.

That makes sense in general. But in the context of the Brown trade you offered of JJJ/picks, I’d think Lauri would make more sense as the outgoing salary if you took Boozer to pair him with JJJ.

Kessler may well be traded, but the S&T dynamic means it wouldn’t really work in a Brown trade

I think in the context of a Brown deal trading JJJ makes more sense since Lauri primarily plays small forward for us. If you keep JJJ suddenly you have a position-locked PF (Boozer), a primary PF who can play small-ball center (JJJ), and a position-locked center (Kessler).

Boozer doesn't need to start from day one though - Jazz can roster Lauri/JJJ/Kessler still

Worked for the Spurs!

[NYG]

Ocram's Razor says Giannis is in Miami soon

[MoreyWins]

Houston receives: Giannis Antetokounmpo

Milwaukee receives: Alperen Sengun, DFS, Reed Sheppard, 2027 1st from PHX, 2027 1st from Brooklyn, 2029 1st from PHX, and a 2029 1st from Dallas

Houston still has all their own future draft picks to utilize in trades if they so desire, meaning they aren't clearing out their asset pool like other teams. Giannis plugs into Sengun's role in Houston, and the Rockets benefit from the improved offensive and defensive skillset that Giannis brings. Roster building becomes more straightforward without the need for defense-first role players that have to cover for the limitations of Sengun and Sheppard.

Milwaukee gets a young multi-time All-Star that pairs perfectly with another player they've heavily invested in, Myles Turner. They have the opportunity to let young Reed Sheppard spread his wings without the burden of playoff expectations weighing him down. Most importantly, they fully stock their pool of future picks from other teams likely to still be either bad or in the middle of the standings.

If there's a better Giannis trade on the market without the inclusion of 3 or more teams, I can't find it.

[Wolveswin]

Let’s make every team happy…

To Celtics: Giannis

To Jazz: #10/Brown/Camara

To Blazers: JJJ/C. Williams/Bucks Filler

To Bucks: #2/Grant/Scoot/#27/All Blazers owed Bucks draft picks and swaps returned/future Celtics FRP

Seems like the Jazz are strongly overpaying to make Milwaukee happy.

No idea how to break the value, but Jaylen isn’t worth 2nd, Camara isn’t worth JJJ.. and 10 doesn’t come close to fixing it imo.

I see it as downgrade from JJJ to Camara - but not crazy.

Downgrade from 2 to 10.

And Brown makes up the difference for both…in spades.

[Helsbyte]

Could Indiana get involved here and trade Walker, 2027 1st(unp) and 2031 1st(unp) for Ware. The reasoning would be adding 2 unprotected 1st to Miami's offer and Walker could get minutes at the 4 vacated by Giannis.

Why for Indiana: This looks like an overpay initially but this would allow Indiana to decline Potter's team option and open up 14.4M under the 1st apron with 13 players rostered, and something like 25.3M under the second apron. Indy strengthens it center rotation and easily can get to the full mid level exception if they wanted to. There is a 3.8M difference in salary between Walker and Ware which gets us to the 14M

[brackdan70]

Could Indiana get involved here and trade Walker, 2027 1st(unp) and 2031 1st(unp) for Ware. The reasoning would be adding 2 unprotected 1st to Miami's offer and Walker could get minutes at the 4 vacated by Giannis.

Why for Indiana: This looks like an overpay initially but this would allow Indiana to decline Potter's team option and open up 14.4M under the 1st apron with 13 players rostered, and something like 25.3M under the second apron. Indy strengthens it center rotation and easily can get to the full mid level exception if they wanted to. There is a 3.8M difference in salary between Walker and Ware which gets us to the 14M

They’d have to really be in love with Ware.
If that’s Ware’s value then a deal would be done.

[NYG]

Is there any possibility Giannis is not a Heat, Buck or Celtic next year?

[nykballa2k4]

Is there any possibility Giannis is not a Heat, Buck or Celtic next year?

Clippers can offer 5 and Kawhi
Giannis/Jackson/Lopez/Niederhauser
Collins/
DJJ/Beal/Christie
Mathrin/Bogdonovic
Garland/Dunn

bucks rinse, repeat with Kawhi