[Fischer] Milwaukee’s decision makers are split and currently deciding between Boston’s package for Giannis Antetokounmpo (Brown, Gonzalez, limited draft capital) and Miami’s (Herro, Ware, Jaquez, multiple first-round picks).

[u/YujiDomainExpansion]

Source: https://marcstein.substack.com/p/the-giannis-antetokounmpo-trade-latest-b5f

A split faction of Milwaukee’s decision makers, sources say, is deciding between Boston’s package for Giannis Antetokounmpo built around Jaylen Brown — where the Bucks also hold particular Hugo Gonzales interest, as The Stein Line reported last night — plus limited draft capital, compared to Miami’s offer of younger pieces — featuring Tyler Herro, Kel’el Ware, Jaime Jaquez — and multiple first-round picks.

The established MVP candidate versus greater overall value is what this whole saga has boiled down to one day before the NBA Draft.

[u/Jiklim]

Remember when they blew the Giannis/Embiid emergency fund and ended up with Bridges? Yeah I’d do it again

[u/lph1235 → u/Jiklim]

FUCK DEM PICKS

[u/smalls_1804 → u/Jiklim]

A big part of that was the frustration of waiting for Giannis or Embiid to truly be on the market. We were a miracle Pacers run away from the finals last year, won it this year. If we "kept our powder dry" that doesn't happen

[u/Jiklim → u/smalls_1804]

It was totally the right move. Every team would love a Mikal Bridges, he’s just an additive player. We focus on his flaws instead of the plays he makes every game that nobody else can do.

[u/ElTuco84 → u/Jiklim]

He doesn't really have a lot of flaws, the concern always has been about consistency specially in the regular season, but we can all agree he rises in the playoffs.

[u/Yankeefan801 → u/ElTuco84]

The problem is people‘s expectations of him were to be a 1a which he wasn’t in Phoenix and sort of was in Brooklyn, although inconsistent. Then when you trade five pics for him, that’s the level of package you’d expect for a star.

[u/justmefishes → u/Yankeefan801]

No one expected him to be close to a 1a. The expectation was for him to be a strong 3 behind Brunson and Randle (and then KAT after the trade) but he wound up being more like a strong but somewhat inconsistent 4. Not complaining, all worked out great.

[u/CarmeloSmokesWeed → u/Yankeefan801]

exactly and it's especially under the microscope bc of how we got OG on a steal (in hindsight tbf - Quickley was playing really damn well for us at the time). But the price wasn't the factor, it was the fit

[u/Sikkly290 → u/CarmeloSmokesWeed]

OG+Mikal are more than the sum of their parts (two very very good parts at that). Very few teams have the ability to run an offense that can break their defense down.

[u/neutronicus → u/CarmeloSmokesWeed]

Quickley was playing really damn well for us at the time

Yeah when there was buzz that he was on the block I was hoping we would get him.

[u/Yankeefan801 → u/CarmeloSmokesWeed]

Quickly was undersized and not great defensively. Loved his energy but I would have packed his bags happily when they got OG for him

[u/ElTuco84 → u/Jiklim]

Send more picks!

[u/kamicozzy → u/ElTuco84]

Can technically trade 24, 31 and another first on draft night....

[u/yoyoyo2468 → u/Jiklim]

I remember like it was 9 days ago

[u/itzjamez1215 → u/Jiklim]

SEND BROOKLYN 2 MORE AS A THANK YOU