Do you want Giannis as a Knick, Laker, or Heat?

[John8204]

Thunder, Spurs, and Rockets are also options but as a fan which line up would you rather see him on. But the three biggest markets are Miami/Los Angeles/New York. So of the three big markets and assuming Giannis is getting a favorable deal which would you prefer.

Knicks - (Towns for Giannis)
G - Brunson
G - Hart
F - Bridges
F - Anunoby
C - Giannis

Heat (Herro for Giannis)
G - CPIII (I think all of Miami's G's are injured)
G - Powell
F - Wiggins
F - Giannis
C - Adebayo

Lakers (Lebron for Giannis)
G - Doncic
G - Reaves
F - Hachimura
F - Giannis
C - Ayton

[highwhey]

lakers so they can tear up the league and be an actual contender.

[Xiao Yao You]

Anyone but the lakers

[highwhey]

Anyone but the lakers

what if they add rudy to the lakers along with them?

[Real Men Wear Green]

I don't want them to get some robbery deal where they get Goannis for Tyler Herro but I would love to see the Heat having to start Chris Paul, with the caveat that I do want him to stay healthy or whatever they call "healthy" for a 40 year, -old with bad knees.

Knicks I believe are second apron so they would have to do something a little crazy to get him. It's likely possible else or wouldn't get discussed but the second apron brings a number of garbage clauses into potential deals. The money between Towns and Giannis is close but if the Bucks have to deal Giannis and can't get an MVP caliber back then the deal should help them rebuild. KAT does them no good. There would need to be a third team involved and who is going to give up enough young talent/picks for the Knicks to get Giannis without just going for him themselves?

Lakers would have to be something ridiculous based on Reeves. James isn't waiving his no-trade for the Bucks.

Of those three teams Miami is the most possible but O wonder if the answer isn't something like Philly for Edgecomb future picks and George (although second apron likely messes with them too).

[Xiao Yao You]

what if they add rudy to the lakers along with them?

Giannis and gobert dont make sense together. gobert with luka makes plenty of sense but **** them!

[FultzNationRISE]

It depends what each team gives up but in general Heat makes most sense to me.

Brunson and Luka do a lot of the things Giannis does in terms of ball handling, controlling the tempo, the paint.

Guys like Herro and Powell fit better around Giannis as off-ball players. Assuming they would still be there after a trade, which is not a certainty I guess.

Giannis definitely fits Heat Culture and I think Spo would be able to maximize the offense around him. But again they cant give up too much or it's really just a lateral move.

[FultzNationRISE]

Miami doesnt necessarily have to give up Herro. And I would be reluctant to if I were them because I think you still wanna keep some secondary ball handling. Especially with the way everyone misses time with injury these days.

They can match the salary with just Wiggins and Rozier, and then theyve got young guys like Ware, Jacquez, Jovic, Jakucionas to offer as part of the deal (not saying they all go in the deal, but some portion of that group). And then some amount of draft picks.

I dont know if there will be a better deal than that available or not. The whole point is for other teams to get him at a value so that they can win now. You cant do that if you give up too much to get him.

[FultzNationRISE]

Wait a minute why the **** did I just type all that without getting paid :facepalm

[beasted]

I agree, it would best for the league if Giannis ends up in Miami, lol.

[ImKobe]

Lakers have nothing to really trade for him unless they also gave up Austin in the deal, but then I don't think the salaries make any sense so you'd have to involve a bunch of teams and ain't no way anyone's helping out the Lakers after they made the Luka trade.

I think he ends up on the Knicks.

[John8204]

Lakers have nothing to really trade for him unless they also gave up Austin in the deal, but then I don't think the salaries make any sense so you'd have to involve a bunch of teams and ain't no way anyone's helping out the Lakers after they made the Luka trade.

I think he ends up on the Knicks.

It would either be a three team deal...because Lebron goes where he wants or at the end of the season Giannis opts out