re: Giannis Antetokounmpo could force his way out of Milwaukee

Thunder these picks:

2025:
UTA (11-30)
Heat (15-30)
Philly (7-30)
Options to swap their own pick with Swap with Houston (11-30) or Clippers.



2026:
the 2 most favorable of OKC/Houston (5-30)/ Clippers

2027:
Den (6-30)
OKC
Swap with LAC

2028
OKC
Dallas

and about a million 2nd rounders.

add in a player or 2 to make salary work for Giannis…

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If he's traded, the Bucks are rebuilding

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Are they? Franchises like Indy and Milwaukee have always operated like poverty franchises that couldn't afford to do a proper rebuild, even after the new TV money. If the Pels get anything out of the Bucks picks I'm thinking it will be another Dyson Daniels type, not a Zion or BI replacement.

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i'd trade Zion for him. Zion and Giannis won't work together. They are the same player (b/c they can't shoot 3's), minus the fact that one of them actually gives a shite about winning on both sides of the court.

Zion/Hawkins and give them back their 2026 swap and their 27th 1st, and if they wanted another first fine, I don't give a shite.
I want a lineup of Murray/Herb/Trey/Giannis and we can decide what we do with BI/CJ from there.

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I completely agree with you here and I'm not sure Milwaukee gets a better offer unless they just want a ton of picks from OKC. The Pels would technically be shortening their window, but the window would actually be open.

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Are they? Franchises like Indy and Milwaukee have always operated like poverty franchises that couldn't afford to do a proper rebuild, even after the new TV money. If the Pels get anything out of the Bucks picks I'm thinking it will be another Dyson Daniels type, not a Zion or BI replacement.

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Yeah, rebuilding around the all-star they get back.
I don't mean full on rebuild and be terrible this year and next. They can't get good picks back b/c whoever they trade Giannis too will be really good. They have to get back a premium player back in the trade, and that guy with Lillard and whatever else they get will still be a good team at least this year.

Us holding their 26th and 27th first are pretty huge chips to have.
Who is goign to trade with them and be able to give back a top 10 pick? The second that team gets Giannis, they are title contenders. OKC's Clippers picks might be the best potential.
all those picks Brooklyn has amassed are all going to be picks in the 20's from other teams, and if Giannis is on Brooklyn, they are going to be good as well.



No one can beat a package of Zion and getting back their 26 and 27 1sts.

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But I imagine that Bucks want better players.

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The Thunder could throw a shite ton of picks and a young player or two to put together a really good deal.


Maybe OKC offers: X number of firsts, Cason Wallace and Nikola Topic.

Chet would be the sticking point. Milwaukee would want him and OKC would not want to trade him.

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This pick might convey to Atlanta. The Dejounte Murray trade is looking worse and worse.

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The pick sent to Atlanta in that deal is the worse of Milwaukee pick and our pick.

So say Milwaukee ends up with pick 3 and we end up with pick 24, Atlanta would get pick 24.

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The pick sent to Atlanta in that deal is the worse of Milwaukee pick and our pick.

So say Milwaukee ends up with pick 3 and we end up with pick 24, Atlanta would get pick 24.

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Do Pels have some protection on that pick?

For example, what if Pels and Bucks picks were both in the top 10?

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don’t know if you noticed but it’s a train wreck here also

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Yeah Houston has some solid pieces they can offer, but no one can match our offer if we are trading Zion. The most important thing to get back is a good young player, and OKC isn't trading Chet, SAS isnt' trading Wemby, and Houston doesn't have anyone at Zion's level. Sengun would be the closest.

The problem with OKC is they'd have to trade Jalen Williams, and then they'd have to gut their depth just so they can get near the incoming salary to make the trade work.
They'd have to include Hartenstein, so Hartenstein/Williams/Dieng and picks would get Milwaukee out of the 2nd apron, and keep OKC just under the tax and make a legal trade.
But what direction is Milwuakee going with that trade?
Still a tax team and would need to unload Lillard in the offseason for picks and they still don't have any lottery picks in the next few years b/c we get their picks if they aren't good, and OKC doesn't have any lottery picks to offer to them with the gobs of future 1sts they have.

I'm telling you, no one can offer more than we can if Zion is on the table, and he absolutely should be if we are talking about getting Giannis.

Let’s literally trade our top 8 guys for Giannis and pay for their salaries

Zion/hawk/jre/karlo

For giannis.

Add all the picks needed. I don't care.