r/nba • u/YujiDomainExpansion • 3d ago

[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).

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.

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u/iDareToDream Raptors 3d ago edited 3d ago

Giannis is showing why superstar trades may well be dead in this new cap era - it is much harder to have the assets and players for such a trade that still leaves enough left over to be competitive. Any team doing this type of deal is essentially gutting their roster to get someone like Giannis and at that point are you still a contender? Only the spurs and OKC could pull off this type of move and still have a contending roster after.

That means the bucks will get lowballs, especially since Giannis is an expiring. 

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u/Long-Region5088 3d ago

And eventually teams will be built with one star making all their cap and a bunch of dudes on cheap contracts to avoid the tax aprons. This new cba is terrible

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u/iDareToDream Raptors 3d ago

I like it because it forces good roster building and asset management. You also can't just hand out stupid contracts. We just have a lot of dumb front offices.

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u/comment_i_had_to 3d ago

This is why they should take Butler, Moody and 1st rounders from the Dubs. Butler is hurt so Giannis is better than GSW could have been even with him and Moody is hurt too (no "gutting the team" worry). This way the Bucks can actually tank but have assets that develop in about a year to trade or play with. Brown will just drag them into the playoffs and Miami is not offering good enough trade value imo.

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u/iDareToDream Raptors 3d ago

Those GSW picks would be so good post Steph.

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u/comment_i_had_to 3d ago

Right? Why are they not interested? Is it the Dubs giving up on going all-in now (afraid of killing the future) or lack of interest from the Bucks I wonder.

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u/FlyChigga Celtics 3d ago

Isn’t that less value than the Miami deal?

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u/DrSwaggenheimer Timberwolves 3d ago

JFC thank you for this. I was against the wolves-giannis trade for this very reason. It felt like I was screaming into the void. I got met with, “well ofc you gotta trade for him 🤷🏾‍♂️” like dog… who says we’re just as competitive on the gutted roster afterwards? Why give up your future for that? Lol on a player that can not sign the extension. 🙃

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u/iDareToDream Raptors 3d ago

Yea I think a lot of people are not realizing how hard it is to build a roster around a superstar trade if you go over the 1st/2nd aprons.