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Trade for Giannis?

slc said:
Not sure I like the trade everything concept for a superstar idea
Lakers did that for Doncic and are about to get eliminated
They have Lebron and Doncic and nothing else
I like the stockpile talent concept until you get a great team
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Yeah... how's that been going lately?

I like the stockpile talent concept but it takes too long and you don't know how your draft picks are going to turn out. We all know Utah has a problem bringing in big names in free agency so the main way to get a big name is trade or draft and hope. I don't like "hope" as a strategy.

The trade for a superstar isn't always great. Some guys are high priced and past their prime but their name draws fans. Ask the following teams how that is going.

Lakers - Doncic
Philly - Paul George
Phoenix - KD and Bradley Beal
 
Bawse Dawg said:
If we had Flagg and were working on a Giannis deal I wouldn’t let trying to keep Lauri hold things up. He can go
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You can't build a team around Giannis and Flagg. Not on the same timeline, Giannis will be able to leave before Flagg can hit his prime. If you're trading for Giannis, you have to have a winning team in two years. If you're building around Flagg, you want to peak in about 5 years. Not compatible.

If you get Giannis, you still can't contend without two other all star/borderline guys to lead the team. And if we traded for Giannis, we wouldn't have enough left to get two of those guys. Realistically probably not even one, unless Ainge pulls off some kind of miracle. So if we try to trade for him, we absolutely could not include Lauri in the deal (unless we also brought another all-star talent back in the same deal somehow). Which more or less eliminates us from being in the running.
 
I'm seeing rumors that the Rockets could get Giannis for Jabari Smith, Jalen Green, Reed Sheppard and picks. Those guys suck.

If I'm Milwaukee, I'd call Cleveland and ask for Mobley, and maybe even Garland on top of that.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
I'm seeing rumors that the Rockets could get Giannis for Jabari Smith, Jalen Green, Reed Sheppard and picks. Those guys suck.

If I'm Milwaukee, I'd call Cleveland and ask for Mobley, and maybe even Garland on top of that.
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The rockets sure would like that, I'd be shocked if they actually got him without giving up either Sengun or Thompson. Not gonna get Giannis without it being painful.
 
Sexton/Collins/Kessler would give the Bucks 3 starters to compete with. Add in 5-6 picks and two young promising players, and that's a good start to a rebuild where you dont want to lose.

Bucks roster could look like:

Sexton
Porter Jr
Kuzma
Collins
Kessler

With Collier/Hendricks off the bench? They could sign someone with the MLE to round out the roster. The East is so bad and teams will tank hard next year, so they could possibly make the play-in with that roster.
 
Or maybe you get Flagg and you trade Flagg/Collins/Clarkson for Giannis w/ a pick or two?

Then turn around and trade Kessler to another team for some kind of haul.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Or maybe you get Flagg and you trade Flagg/Collins/Clarkson for Giannis w/ a pick or two?

Then turn around and trade Kessler to another team for some kind of haul.
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Like lets say you get Giannis for that then you trade Kessler for Austin Reaves.

Sexton
Reaves
?
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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