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Trade for Giannis?

Saint Cy of JFC said:
Like lets say you get Giannis for that then you trade Kessler for Austin Reaves.

Sexton
Reaves
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Lauri
Giannis

Bench: Filipowski, Sensabaugh, Procida, and Williams.

Maybe you then use part of your MLE to grab a guy like Taurean Prince? You could also continue to trade picks for an upgrade on the wing. Since you dealt Flagg you gave up minimal picks to Milwaukee, so you would still have plenty of ammo in the clip for trades.
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The fully developed version of Hendricks would look great in that spot. I think Giannis would still be carrying a huge defensive load with that lineup though.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
The fully developed version of Hendricks would look great in that spot. I think Giannis would still be carrying a huge defensive load with that lineup though.
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Yeah, but Hendricks would probably get moved. Yeah, it would have defensive holes, but that's where you eventually upgrade from Sexton and whoever the 5th starter is.

Cross your fingers and pray Williams develops.
 
Been going back and forth with guys on twitter and its kind of hilarious to me that people view this potential trade as an all star player. No, this is one of like 7 guys you need to win a title and he is still in his prime... also his Diva/Ego Levels are incredibly low for a player of this ability.

If Rockets get him its because they offer up Amen or Alpy with stuff.
If Spurs get him its because they offer up Castle with stuff.
If Toronto gets him its because they put up Barnes and stuff for him.
If we get him its because we put up the 2025 pick (and it was #1 or #2)

I will allow an exception if SA/Houston end up jumping into the top 4 and then offering that up as the blue chip asset with their other stuff.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Been going back and forth with guys on twitter and its kind of hilarious to me that people view this potential trade as an all star player. No, this is one of like 7 guys you need to win a title and he is still in his prime... also his Diva/Ego Levels are incredibly low for a player of this ability.

If Rockets get him its because they offer up Amen or Alpy with stuff.
If Spurs get him its because they offer up Castle with stuff.
If Toronto gets him its because they put up Barnes and stuff for him.
If we get him its because we put up the 2025 pick (and it was #1 or #2)

I will allow an exception if SA/Houston end up jumping into the top 4 and then offering that up as the blue chip asset with their other stuff.
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Fans will be fans. The package they wanted for Lauri is greater than the package they think can get Giannis.
 
KqWIN said:
Fans will be fans. The package they wanted for Lauri is greater than the package they think can get Giannis.
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Its not fans of those teams though. Its other guys just pontificating. I have seen a little SA fan bluster of "we aren't trading Castle for Giannis" but that feels like the spoiled kids that think they can grow MVPs on trees.

Might be a hot take but I think he may not get traded this offseason. They make some moves around the fringes and maybe push one of their picks in to make it happen and Giannis is too nice to demand out. By trade deadline they make something happen maybe. IDK their situation is so tricky.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
It just feels like we didn't have enough growth from your our young players to have enough rotation level players to surround Giannis with right now.
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The reason why Ainge said he went with half and half for a second year is because he almost had a star trade in place. While I hated Ainge's smugness about another trade he didn't make, I'd agree that if you're wanting to trade for a star, you need to have the infrastructure around him to compete. We torched a lot of that infrastructure to tank. Even if we had the package for Giannis, I don't think we'd be a Giannis team.

With Giannis in particular, I think you need to be ready to compete immediately. Taking 1-2 years of his remaining prime to build the team is losing so much value.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
It just feels like we didn't have enough growth from your our young players to have enough rotation level players to surround Giannis with right now.
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Yeah, but if you can trade Cooper for him along with Collins/Clarkson, then you can argue that you would have to give up minimal picks to get Giannis. So you would still have a lot of picks left to make trades to fill the roster out along with dealing Kessler.
 
KqWIN said:
The reason why Ainge said he went with half and half for a second year is because he almost had a star trade in place. While I hated Ainge's smugness about another trade he didn't make, I'd agree that if you're wanting to trade for a star, you need to have the infrastructure around him to compete. We torched a lot of that infrastructure to tank. Even if we had the package for Giannis, I don't think we'd be a Giannis team.

With Giannis in particular, I think you need to be ready to compete immediately. Taking 1-2 years of his remaining prime to build the team is losing so much value.
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I think SA is the team that is the blend of win now and asset rich but also has Wemby so feels like they have a long term plan beyond Giannis.

Castle and their best pick package is what I think gets it done. Houston puts up Alpy/Amen and their picks with some of Jabari/Shep etc... are they that good with FVV/Giannis/Brooks and Amen or Alpy?
 
And if you get Giannis, you can trade Walker. Walker will have immense value for some teams. You might be able to get Reaves and a first rounder for Walker.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Yeah, but if you can trade Cooper for him along with Collins/Clarkson, then you can argue that you would have to give up minimal picks to get Giannis. So you would still have a lot of picks left to make trades to fill the roster out along with dealing Kessler.
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It would have to be like the KG trade with Boston. Adding one more thing to the mix. I wouldn't trade Flagg, but I could see it with Harper... and if you didn't have to give up much more than Harper you'd still have some flexibility.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
It would have to be like the KG trade with Boston. Adding one more thing to the mix. I wouldn't trade Flagg, but I could see it with Harper... and if you didn't have to give up much more than Harper you'd still have some flexibility.
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I feel like if it's Harper you still have to deal considerable draft compensation. With it being Flagg you have a legit argument for not adding many other pieces to the trade, which would be better for building around Lauri/Giannis.
 
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