What is Giannis worth? What team takes him

[Neal Romer]

Reaves, Knecht, Vincent and Hachimura and a couple 1sts

Good deal for Milwaukee as they get to rebuild around Dame with two potential white stars. Win-win for both teams.

[Kblaze8855]

They’re obviously gonna pray the Thunder flame out against the Warriors(they play the warriors next if they win as a 7 seed right?). If the Thunder lose they could likely be talked into needing another piece in exchange for all those picks since they can’t sign the picks if they hit anyway.

If anyone on OKC comes down sick the bucks might be responsible.

[Neal Romer]

They’re obviously gonna pray the Thunder flame out against the Warriors(they play the warriors next if they win as a 7 seed right?). If the Thunder lose they could likely be talked into needing another piece in exchange for all those picks since they can’t sign the picks if they hit anyway.

If anyone on OKC comes down sick the bucks might be responsible.

1st seed (Thunder) is bracketed with the 4 seed (Denver) while the 2 and 3 seeds are on the other side. So OKC will play the winner of DEN-LAC.

[Meticode]

Good deal for Milwaukee as they get to rebuild around Dame with two potential white stars. Win-win for both teams.

I don't see this happening. You don't rebuild around a 35 year old point guard coming off a torn achilles that will get $54 million in 2025-26 and can opt in for $58 million in 2026-27 which I wouldn't be surprised if he does opt-in because there's no way he's getting anywhere near that for his next contract.

[Kblaze8855]

I find it unlikely that was a serious take.

[Neal Romer]

I find it unlikely that was a serious take.

Not as serious as this one, at any rate:


http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d-LET-HIM-COOK

[Lakers Legend#32]

No stud free agents are going to OKC.

None of them want to live there.

[Meticode]

No stud free agents are going to OKC.

None of them want to live there.

Yea look at Paul George. He was traded there and easily had the best season of his career alongside Westbrook. 3rd in MVP, 3rd in DPOY, All NBA 1st Team, All NBA Defense 1st Team. Then went to the Clippers specifically requesting to be traded there. The F*CKING CLIPPERS!

[ImKobe]

Reaves carries them while Dame rehabs from his surgery and gets in shape for the Playoffs. The East is weak you just need a solid group of guys who can put the ball in the hoop so you trade Giannis for a bunch of decent scorers add more 3PT shooting and you make a run for it if you're Milwaukee, it's not like they can do a full rebuild. Fire Doc and get one of the championship coaches that were fired recently and establish a new identity. If you're the Bucks the last thing you want to do is trade Giannis to another EC team and watch him destroy you 3-4x a year in the RS and then potentially in the POs as well.

Lakers or OKC makes sense for Giannis though OKC can offer more picks but it's probably up to where Giannis wants to go if he decides to leave.

Bucks are screwed on their 1st round picks as the Pelicans and Blazers own those for the rest of the decade basically as they can swap the pick if Milwaukee does worse. Neither are a desirable destination for Giannis so good luck getting those back. They're not gonna get a superstar in return for Giannis he's in his 30s so whichever team he ends up going to he wants to play alongside that superstar.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Reaves carries them while Dame rehabs from his surgery and gets in shape for the Playoffs. The East is weak you just need a solid group of guys who can put the ball in the hoop so you trade Giannis for a bunch of decent scorers add more 3PT shooting and you make a run for it if you're Milwaukee, it's not like they can do a full rebuild. Fire Doc and get one of the championship coaches that were fired recently and establish a new identity. If you're the Bucks the last thing you want to do is trade Giannis to another EC team and watch him destroy you 3-4x a year in the RS and then potentially in the POs as well.

Lakers or OKC makes sense for Giannis though OKC can offer more picks but it's probably up to where Giannis wants to go if he decides to leave.

Bucks are screwed on their 1st round picks as the Pelicans and Blazers own those for the rest of the decade basically as they can swap the pick if Milwaukee does worse. Neither are a desirable destination for Giannis so good luck getting those back. They're not gonna get a superstar in return for Giannis he's in his 30s so whichever team he ends up going to he wants to play alongside that superstar.

Fire Doc and then rehire Doc, trade Giannis for the guy that's better than Pippen (ok he may not be better than Pippen but the Lakers are guaranteed to say yes) and then win the easy East with its easy NBA champion with a small scoring guard that just ruptured his Achilles. Makes sense.

Who's a better player, Brandon Ingram or 36 year-old post-op Dame? I mean the East overall is weak but with Ingram Toronto could be a problem.

[ImKobe]

Fire Doc and then rehire Doc, trade Giannis for the guy that's better than Pippen (ok he may not be better than Pippen but the Lakers are guaranteed to say yes) and then win the easy East with its easy NBA champion with a small scoring guard that just ruptured his Achilles. Makes sense.

Who's a better player, Brandon Ingram or 36 year-old post-op Dame? I mean the East overall is weak but with Ingram Toronto could be a problem.

Toronto has a nice core they're doing a decent job rebuilding. Could also be a trading partner for Milwaukee.

If the sorry ass Heat can get to the Playoffs with Herro leading the way Austin Reaves can do one better for you. Milwaukee is in a tough spot. It's not a FA destination and if Giannis wants out they're going to be a a 4-8 seed at best unless they have injury luck on their side and some other teams fall apart in the next few years no matter who they get in return for Giannis. Bucks were basically irrelevant for 4 decades after trading Kareem in a similar situation apart from the 80s and the Ray Allen/Glenn Robinson years.