Not for nothing but I'd guess that Boston would be in the driver's seat on that one but who knows.

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But since MIL is over the second apron, you need to match salaries of 1 player? I don't know how any of this works.

martin wrote:Let's say Giannis was given a choice. I doubt he picks the Nets, too competitive.

Not for nothing but I'd guess that Boston would be in the driver's seat on that one but who knows.

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Not Houston?

martin wrote:I'm wrong, OKC would be in the drivers seat cause of their picks?

But since MIL is over the second apron, you need to match salaries of 1 player? I don't know how any of this works.

I would guess a lot would depend on how they do in the post-season. IHart, a crap load of picks and one of the young guns gets them there if they want to go forward

martin wrote:Let's say Giannis was given a choice. I doubt he picks the Nets, too competitive.

Not for nothing but I'd guess that Boston would be in the driver's seat on that one but who knows.

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Yes I would target Giannis but if I'm the Bucks I want young assets, picks and expiring contracts to rebuild an aging roster. The Knicks have none of those. No disrespect to Deuce but I'm not trading Giannis for him. The cost of flipping players for expiring contracts and picks for a trade would be steep.

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Rookie wrote:

martin wrote:Let's say Giannis was given a choice. I doubt he picks the Nets, too competitive.

Not for nothing but I'd guess that Boston would be in the driver's seat on that one but who knows.

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Yes I would target Giannis but if I'm the Bucks I want young assets, picks and expiring contracts to rebuild an aging roster. The Knicks have none of those. No disrespect to Deuce but I'm not trading Giannis for him. The cost of flipping players for expiring contracts and picks for a trade would be steep.

what would they be doing with Dame? I mean, makes 0 sense to trade a star who is still in their prime, for youth and picks, and still have a geriatric, win now player like Dame. Dude did kinda force his way out of that situation in Portland.

They're going to have to take 50 cents on the dollar for Dame (no pun intended). You got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them... I still think Houston is the likely front-runner for Dame or Giannis. They have picks, young players, are good and are one player away from being contenders. They have the capital and the proper insensitive to get a deal done.

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martin wrote:I'm wrong, OKC would be in the drivers seat cause of their picks?

But since MIL is over the second apron, you need to match salaries of 1 player? I don't know how any of this works.

I would guess a lot would depend on how they do in the post-season. IHart, a crap load of picks and one of the young guns gets them there if they want to go forward

If OKC wins the chip or goes deep in the finals it's hard to see them making a trade like this. They would be in run it back territory with a young roster

Even if they win a chip, you have to assess the circumstance. The one thing that OKC does not have a lot of: Bigs.

They do gots the draft picks though!

Panos wrote:What do you need to add to KAT to get the deal done?

I don’t think we would necessarily have to offer KAT as part of the package. OG + Deuce and picks. Whatever team that trades for Giannis would probably also have to also agree to take on Lillard’s contract which rules us out because we don’t have the expiring contracts to make that work

A team like the nets could offer a lottery pick (which could possibly be Flagg) plus cap relief

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Panos wrote:What do you need to add to KAT to get the deal done?

I don’t think we would necessarily have to offer KAT as part of the package. OG + Deuce and picks. Whatever team that trades for Giannis would probably also have to also agree to take on Lillard’s contract which rules us out because we don’t have the expiring contracts to make that work

A team like the nets could offer a lottery pick (which could possibly be Flagg) plus cap relief

Disagree. I don't think you can pull off a $100M+ salary deal. That would be enormous.

It would be a monster, multi team deal.

Phoenix has big contracts they want to move. Philly too. I don’t even know if the cap rules would allow anything to happen. They’re basically stuck with them.

Bucks get:
Brunson
Hart

NOP gets
Robinson (TPE)
Deuce (TPE)

Knicks get
Giannis
H. Jones

Joku / Kolek / Payne
Bridges / McCullar / Shamet
OG / Dadiet / Warren
Giannis / Jones / Tucker
KAT / Huk / Nnaji

I don’t see the Knicks getting Giannis without giving up Brunson. Impossible in my opinion. You lose 3 pt shooting with Giannis, but you get a ball dominant two way player that is a perennial MVP candidate.

I’m not saying I pull the trigger on this, but it’s the best case I can think of. Bucks have Lillard so it doesn’t make a tone of sense for them unless they can flip him for picks and youth.

We end up a bit weak at PG and I’m relying on a wildcard of Joku/Kolek to fill that void.

But, you get a pick and pop in Giannis/Kat that should make Bropez look silly.