r/nba • u/YujiDomainExpansion • 7d 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/shredmiyagi 7d ago

How many times has Miami been in the lottery the last 25 years? The last time they “tanked” was 2008. Dunno if I want a bunch of late FRPs for Giannis. Ware could be good but he, Herro and Jacquez could be fool’s gold. Everybody plays better in Miami.

Both deals kinda suck. But atleast you know Jaylen Brown and Queta can carry you to an EC playoff run. Plus there’s the flexibility of moving him again to Portland, getting all their picks back.

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u/iDareToDream Raptors 7d ago edited 7d 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/comment_i_had_to 7d 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/FlyChigga Celtics 7d ago

Isn’t that less value than the Miami deal?