The Raptors Could Be Eyeing A Huge Offer For Giannis Antetokounmpo | NBA Trade Rumors

The Raptors Could Be Eyeing A Huge Offer For Giannis Antetokounmpo | NBA Trade Rumors

After many years without it, the Toronto Raptors are finally entering an off seasonason in which they have complete control of all of their draft capital. So when players like, let’s say, Giannis and Tendon Koopa potentially become available, they have the opportunity to pull off a massive trade. So let’s speculate if this trade could happen and what it might look like. Let’s get into it. And when I say draft capital, I mean first round draft capital. But we’ll go into a little bit more of that in just a second here because this is amateur sports. It’s a YouTube channel dedicated completely to giving you Toronto Raptors content. Drop a like if you enjoy. Subscribe for more content just like it. And just speculate with me here for a second because Giannis Attento’s off season is going to be full of uncertainty because the Milwaukee Bucks have just been eliminated from the NBA playoffs. Obviously in pretty heartbreaking chroy sort of fashion. They’re up 118 1111 against the Indiana Pacers with about 40 seconds to go. Costly turnovers from Gary Trent Jr. gave the Pacers opportunities which they seized and ended up winning 119 118 to win the series in five games. But even if the Bucks had gotten through that game, they probably still lose the series. They somehow come back from 3-1 down. They very, very likely lose in the second round of the playoffs. It was a tough season for the Milwaukee Bucks. And it’s about to be a tough off season for the Bucks because this is a team that has essentially no control whatsoever of their draft capital. And I mean like first and second round draft capital for them. No upandcoming prospect to supplement the team. Damon Lillard. It It’s heartbreaking. He came back early from the blood clot issue, which is fantastic. Not early, but like faster than expected, and then tears his Achilles. He’s likely to miss the entirety of next season. This Milwaukee Bucks team is in a very, very complicated position. And Giannis Tentenkmpo is still and and he showed it in that series against the Indiana Pacers. Jiannis and Tenton Koopo showcased that he is still one of the very very best players in the NBA and throughout the season showcase that he can still be in MVP conversations as well at 30 years old. So little bit of a crossroad situation. The Bucks seemingly are heading in the wrong direction. Giannis may still want to fight for contention, fight for an NBA championship, and he may not be able to do that with the Milwaukee Bucks. Is there a possibility that he looks for a way out in the off season? I think absolutely there is. If he’s looking for a way out, is there a possibility the Raptors are the team that makes that trade? Absolutely there is. Let’s investigate further. So, the Giannis situation is as such. He signed an extension somewhat recently. So, he’s on the books. It’s not a free agent situation. Jiannisko is on a contract that is going to last another 3 years. because he estimated that he’d be making about $54 million for next season, $58 million for the season after that, and then $62.7 million on a team option in his age 33 season in 2027 2028. And I know that Giannis’s play style is heavily relying on his athleticism and not as much as like like I hate to use the word skill because like that’s a bit of a broad term is a very skilled player and uses attributes very very well. But like hopefully you understand what I mean. it it’s reliant on his athleticism more so than anything. So, as he creeps up more and more into his 30s, we’ll wonder when that athleticism starts to desert him a little bit. But Giannis, like I said, very clearly still MVP caliber. And nothing suggests that that is going to be going away next season or the year after that or maybe even the year after that. So, you’re getting an MVP caliber player for those three years, potentially four more if you can resign the player beyond that. But like two plus one years of Giannis seems very very tempting for a team to take on if the player does ask out. But there’s going to be a catalog of teams that would obviously look to get a player like Giannis if he’s asking for a trade. Houston Rockets have a ton of draft catalog. But the Raptors do as well. So what exactly would this trade have to look like? Well, for the Raptors, there’s a couple of ways to go about this. So Giannis is like this is like a King’s Ransom sort of trade. This isn’t this isn’t Luca Donuch, you know, it’s Anthony Davis and you’re not getting the picks. It like you’re giving away at least three first round picks and swaps or four first round picks and swaps. And I think there’s a couple of ways the Raptors can go about this. So, if they wanted to add Giannis on top of Brandon Ingram, Scotty Barnes, uh like the guy who has to be in this trade financially speaking is RJ Barrett. and and logistically like there’s too many guys in the room here. There’s there’s too many mouths to feed with RJ Barrett. RJ Barrett is the player that has to be in this trade if it does happen. If they’re going to balance out the salaries, it would be RJ Barrett. It’d be Emanuel Quickley and it’d be the four first round picks and the two swaps. This is what it would cost. This is what the trade would have to look like seemingly to get Giannis and Tenta Kmpo. If you’re holding on to Scotty Barnes, it would absolutely have to be for first round picks. And even at this trade here, I’m not 100% the Bucks would take it. Giannis would be like having to force his way out and would probably have to choose Toronto as his destination for this trade to happen. But like as of right now, let me know in the comments what you think of this trade here. But let’s go to a different trade. Now, depending on your opinion of Scotty Barnes, you could love this, you could hate this, but I think there’s a possibility if it’s Scotty Barnes instead of Emanuel Quickley, you might be able to make this trade happen with only three first round picks. And if it’s only three first round picks, maybe you can keep a hold of your current 2025 first round pick, which is somewhere in the range of, you know, seven or eight in the draft, potentially going up to the top four based on how it turns out in the draft lottery. So, I don’t know if the Bucks would do that because they’re not getting the 2025 pick that is like a guaranteed lottery pick and a guaranteed very good lottery pick at that. But I think you could get away with just the three first round picks and two swaps if it’s Scotty Barnes alongside RJ Barrett. But it’s a lot for the Raptors to give up looking at it. But it is Giannis and Tentenkmpo at the end of the day. So let like let’s say they can get away with it without Barnes. All of a sudden the lineup is Giannisko, Scotty Barnes, Brandon Ingram, Yaka Purle. You’ve got to find a point guard somewhere. Maybe, you know, with another trade, maybe as a FedEen signing, maybe you just want like a facilitating point. You don’t need like an outstanding point guard here. You would need one who absolutely can shoot, which maybe provide some difficulty, but like there’s ways you can make it work out. There’s just too much talent on that team. On the other hand, you know, if you move RJ Barrett, Scotty Barnes, now you’ve got your point guard. You’ve got Emanuel Quickley, Giannis, Branding Yaka Purle, then maybe you could slide up somebody like Grady Dick into the starting lineup once again or Jacobe Walter, whatever it is. Maybe you can find just a guy who’s just a fifth man, three-point shooter, doesn’t really do much else to put in your starting five. Like, that could work as well. That would be a great offensive team, a great defensive team. Like, that is an absolute stonewall contender. And as a result, it’s very, very tempting for the Raptors to make a move like this. For me, if a player of Giannis’s caliber becomes available, oh my goodness, like I’m probably prepared to make a like drastic trade like this. This is Giannis and Tenton Kmpo. You let me know if you would make that trade. If you would go all out to get Giannis, even if it were to cost you Scotty Barnes, even if it were to cost you RJ Barrett, Emanuel Quickley, you let me know. But is this something that is possible? Yes. Is this is is this something that is likely? Well, we talked a little bit about this on a recent video I did, one of the Saturday. I’m starting to do these Q&A videos on the channel where I react to comments throughout the week, put them in a video, post that on Saturday. So, you know, if you leave your comments, you got a chance of featuring in that one. So, do leave your comments down below. But there was on the first one I did a question about Giannis leaving the Bucks. And honestly, at the time, I kind of brushed it off. I laughed. I’m like like I just don’t think this is going to happen. My thoughts have kind of changed given the Damen Lillard injury which has happened in between because it’s going to be extraordinarily difficult for the Bucks to compete next season. Like what made them somewhat good this season was the fact that they just had Giannis and Dame. They relied on them super heavily for their offense and had enough around them to complement that and to get points in other areas. But without Dame, that team is in trouble for next season. Giannis isn’t getting any younger, he might be looking more so at the door. At the end of the day, I would still favor Giannis not leaving the Bucks and staying loyal to the Bucks. He has stayed loyal in the past and I think he will continue to stay loyal. I would still say it’s like comfortably above 60% chance he just stays with the Bucks, but in that, you know, 30 40% chance he does decide to leave, there is definitely like a probability the Raptors are the team that swoops in and makes it happen. I don’t want to continue to overrate the relationship Messiahi has with Jonathan Koopmpo. Obviously, we know that relationship exists from the past. Maybe that plays into it a little bit, but I don’t know how much that’s going to factor into the decision. Ultimately, yes, it’s possible, but I don’t think it will happen. If Giannis does decide to leave though, the Raptors are a major major player in those sweep stakes. They’ve got the contracts, they’ve got the players, and they’ve got the draft assets to make the trade happen. We’ll see what Giannis’s decision is if he does want to leave. And if he does want to leave, we’ll see if he does elect to go with the Raptors because, you know, you don’t think the players have control in these situations. But we’ve learned like in the last few years, especially when you want to do do a star right and a star like Giannis who has won the Milwaukee Bucks and NBA championship, maybe they would consider his opinion on the situation very heavily as Well,

The Toronto Raptors could now target a potential trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo after the Milwaukee Bucks were eliminated from the NBA playoffs by the Indiana Pacers. Milwaukee is now in an incredibly tough spot as an organization, especially with Damian Lillard potentially missing the entire upcoming season and the only way out could be to trade the Greek Freak.

If Giannis becomes available, could Masai Ujiri actually pull off a trade like this? What would it cost Toronto to do it?

✅ Shop The Merch: https://www.kijiji.ca/o-profile/1006686825/listings/1

➡️ Become a channel member to access exclusive content and perks:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMwXNsmiYEOqzP0whnslrFg/join

🏀 PayPal: paypal.me/jacobgramegna
🏀 Subscribe to my Live Stream Highlights Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AmateurHourReactions
🏀 Join the Amateur Hour Discord: https://discord.gg/2NgdqRJSrg
🏀 Follow Jacob Gramegna on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jacob_gramegna

0:00 – Could Giannis Antetokounmpo become available for trade?
2:42 – Giannis’ current situation
4:12 – What would the trade have to look like?
6:13 – Should the Raptors try to make this trade?
7:44 – Will Giannis ask out of Milwaukee?
9:23 – Will Giannis come to the Raptors?

This is Amateur Hour Sports. On this channel, Jacob Gramegna analyzes and breaks down the latest on the Toronto Raptors NBA team from trade rumors to post-game reactions, analysis, and much more. By subscribing to this channel you will be there first to watch and enjoy 3-4 videos a week all focused on this team and on game days Jacob goes live on the channel for a watch party where he interacts with chat, answers your questions, and analyses the game as it happens with play by play and commentary. Join the Amateur Hour Army today by subscribing and consider becoming a member to give extra support to the channel and help create better content more often.

See you again next time

#raptors #giannis #antetokounmpo