Trade Update: Giannis Antetokounmpo DELIVERING News To Bucks

Trade Update: Giannis Antetokounmpo DELIVERING News To Bucks

The time has come for Giannis Antmpo to look the Milwaukee Bucks straight in the eye and tell them what he wants. Does he want to stay in Milwaukee or go contend for a championship somewhere else? A meeting has been set. This is going to be a big big piece to the NBA offseason. It could set the entire direction for the summer. I’m Trevor Lane. This is the Basketball Bulletin. Make sure you subscribe right here to the channel. Let’s talk a little bit about this Giannis meeting that has been scheduled with the Milwaukee Bucks. But first, a little announcement here. Nuggets Thunder game 7 today, 12:30 p.m. Pacific time. Donnie and I will be live right here on the Basketball Bulletin. We’ll be doing a little playbyplay. We’ll be talking about the game, taking questions and comments, hanging out, having a good time while we watch game seven. So, come join us today right here on the Basketball Bulletin YouTube channel. We’ll be live 12:30 p.m. Pacific time breaking down the game and talking hoops with all of you. So come hang out with us today for game seven. So this meeting here, Giannis onto Dumpo scheduled to meet with the Bucks. This is Chris Haynes reporting on it. Uh gives a lot of detail here on exactly what is about to go down. So let’s give this a look. I was told the Bucks made contact with Giannis Akmpo early as this morning and sources relate to me that a meeting is expected to be scheduled for mid next week. This is where Giannis is going to have the chance to speak with Bucks brass and talk about the direction of the team. And there’s a lot going on with the Bucks this off seasonason. Knowing Giannis personally, one of the one of the toughest competitors we have in this league. Guy who has great ambition. He wants multiple championships. That’s all he wants to do is be put in a position where he can play alongside a team that has a chance to fight for a title. This is going to be a very, very crucial meeting next week. See, that right there, that that right to me, that’s everything. That’s everything right there. He wants to be in a position where he can win multiple championships. He’s already won a championship. He wants to win more. He feels like he needs to win more championships in order for his career to be complete. He’s 30 years old. He is one of the all-time greats that we’ve seen in this league. He is an absolutely phenomenal player, but he doesn’t feel like his career is going to be complete unless he wins multiple championships. Well, guess what? It can’t happen in Milwaukee. It’s not happening. They’re done. It cannot happen in Milwaukee. Look, if Giannis decides he wants to stay a Milwaukee Buck for the rest of his career, there is something valid and noble about that, right? Spending your entire career with one team. It doesn’t happen very often anymore. Would be cool to see. If he wants to win a championship though, if that’s more important to him, he’s going to have to leave. Milwaukee is not set up to win a championship. Their window has shut. They’re done. They’re not winning another championship. Now, the Bucks will try during that meeting to convince Yiannis Koopmpa that oh no, no, no, no. We have a way we can contend for a championship. I don’t see it. You look at their cap sheet and it does not make sense. They don’t have the flexibility. They don’t have the future assets. And now you are down. Damen Lillard on I mean terrible injury, torn Achilles. He is probably out all of next season. The Bucks, they sure as hell are not winning a title next season. So what are they going to do in order to convince Giannis Antoupoa that he can win? I actually think it would be the best for the Bucks. Maybe not financially, but the best for the Bucks in terms of eventually winning basketball to work with Giannis and find a trade because I think they’re going to get a haul. They are going to get so much in exchange for Jiannis Takmpo that they could very well build the future of this club based on the foundation that the Jiannisko trade will provide them with. So I think it could actually be in the best interest of the Bucks for these two part sides. But I’ll tell you what is for sure. It’s in the best interest of Giannis Antmpo to leave the Milwaukee Bucks if his desire is indeed to win championships, which is what Chris Haynes was just talking about. Now, Kurt Hill of uh NBC Sports did a nice breakdown here on who would be interested in Giannis. First and foremost, though, I mean, let’s be real. Let’s be real. Everyone is interested. 29 teams are making the call on Giannis. 29 teams are making the phone call to get Giannis Aloop. That’s how damn good he is. They’re all making that call. But San Antonio, very clear. They got the number two pick in the draft. That would be an attractive asset they can put in the trade. They’ve got other pieces. Could you get Stefon Castle out of San Antonio if it’s Giannis out? Again, this is Giannis. He’s under contract for at least two years. Has a third-year player option. This is not a player like Kevin Durant who is one year remove away from free agency and can dictate his landing spot. Giannis can try to work with the Bucks can say, “Hey, I’d like to go to teams X, Y, or Z.” But ultimately, the Bucks are in the driver’s seat and they’re going to get to pick where Giannis goes. But it would make sense for Giannis to want to go to San Antonio. That’s a club that is ready to win right now. They’ve got Webby, an incredible talent, paired with Giannis. They’re immediately a title contender, even if it cost them Stefon Castle, who’s the reigning rookie of the year. They’ve got Harrison Barnes. They’ve got Kell Johnson. They’ve got the number two pick in this year’s draft. Again, we talk about building the foundation of the future of the Bucks. San Antonio can provide that while putting Giannis in a position to win right now. Uh, meanwhile, the Houston Rockets, another team, unfortunately, Houston, from their perspective, did not move up. In fact, they finished with the 10th pick in the NBA draft. They’ve got that Phoenix pick. But get this, I think this is really fascinating. Helm reporting here. League sources told NBC Sports, the Bucks may be higher on a Jaylen Greenbased trade than Alper and Sangon. Houston would be open to trading Sangoon. This is shocking to me. I would rate Sangun far above Jaylen Green and I like Jaylen Green just fine. He’s just streaky as hell. But I would much prefer if I’m the Milwaukee Bucks Alper and Shangon. Maybe they just feel like Jaylen Green has some upside that’s been untapped and and look that I think there’s something to that. That’s fair. But nonetheless, I think Shangoon is in a in a different tier certainly than Jaylen Green right now. But nonetheless, this is a report that the Bucks may be higher on a Jaylen Greenbased trade. Now, maybe that’s because there’s other pieces that would be coming in a Jaylen Greenbased trade that would not also be included in a trade based around uh somebody like Alpurn Shangon, though those conversations probably have not really been had in great detail at this point when we’ve yet to get Giannis officially asking out of Milwaukee, which again could be happening middle of this week. Uh Jabari Smith Jr. likely to be part of any deal and the Rockets have a lot of future first round picks, including Phoenix picks. That’s where look right now a lot of teams would like to be in the business of shorting the future of the Phoenix Suns. That franchise is a mess and doesn’t look like they have a very bright future. So those picks are extremely valuable. Now could the Houston Rockets beat an offer presented by the San Antonio Spurs? Potentially. I think it would be a really interesting bidding war. But the two Texas teams there, assuming the third team and the Dallas Mavericks don’t want to give up those that number one overall pick, the San Antonio Spurs and the Houston Rockets, they can very well wind up being the two teams that battle it out for Giannis as the primary landing spots for him should he, as I’m expecting middle of this week, ask out of Milwaukee. Now, the Brooklyn Nets trading for Ant Koopo is Brooklyn’s plan A. They have a lot of future draft picks they could throw into a deal, including number eight this year with Cam Johnson at the heart of the package. Now, you had it maybe D’Angelo Russell as well, though I would certainly hesitate to site DLO because he is a free agent. So, then you’re getting into a sign and trade or something like that. But would Giannis be okay with this? Look, the Milwaukee Bucks, we’ve talked about it. They are they will work with Giannis to find a trade if Giannis ass out. They’re not going to send him to Basketball Siberia. They’re not going to send him to a team that has no shot to win. Why? Because Giannis has been the MVP as a Milwaukee Bucks. He’s brought a title to the Milwaukee Bucks. They’re going to work with him. They’re going to want to send him to a place he wants to go. As long as they can get the kind of return that they want. I don’t think they’re going to do something like send Giannis to a team he doesn’t want to go to. I don’t know. for if you’re the Brooklyn Nets. Yes, you want Giannis Ant Koopa, but you better have a solid plan of how you’re going to build a contender if you do land him from day one. That would have to be explained to Giannis ahead of time. And Giannis would probably have to sign off on that. And that is the big question mark around the Brooklyn Nets and their ability to land Giannis onto Koopo. Can they present convincing proof that they have the ability to pivot and build a team immediately that can win right now if they wind up winning the Giannis Antmpo sweep stakes. Now again, a lot of other teams will get in the mix. The Golden State Warriors, I talked about them the other day. They could try to get into the mix by putting together a package. They’ve got players Jonathan Kaminga perhaps in a signing trade. Moses Moody, they do have draft capital. They’ve got some young talent. Brandon Pajki certainly can’t be off the table in this scenario, but maybe that’s something that the Golden State Warriors could look into. Certainly, they’re going to be making that call, but once again, 29 teams are making the call. The Miami Heat, they’re always in on every top level star whether or not they can actually get them. I don’t really think they have the assets to get Giannis Ant Koopa, but they will do their best to try to get into the mix. My Lakers and the New York Knicks, look, the Lakers, they can package together Austin Reeves, Ruy Hachimura. They do have one draft pick. I don’t think they have enough. I don’t think they have enough in order to truly get into the mix for Giannis. It would take Giannis saying, “I want to be a Laker and only a Laker and I do not want to play anywhere else.” And even then, because he’s got two years left under contract, that threat doesn’t have as much teeth to it as it would if Giannis was going to be heading towards free agency, say, next summer or something like that. Meanwhile, New York, similar situation. They’ve traded all their picks to get Muel Bridges. they could package together a few players in order to go try to get Giannis, they will certainly make the call. But right now, the Knicks are more worried about potentially winning an NBA championship this year than chasing after Giannis onto Dumpo. So, the bottom line, big big meeting coming up this week. Again, my expectation is that Giannis will ask the Milwaukee Bucks to trade him. And if that happens, off we go. And this summer is going to be all about the Giannis Antoupo trade. We’ll be talking about Kevin Durant and lots of other deals out there on the market. This is going to be the summer of trades around the NBA, which is why you need to make sure you do subscribe right here to the Basketball Bulletin. We will keep you in the know. And don’t forget, come hang out with us today, 12:30 p.m. Pacific time. Game 7, Nuggets Thunder. Let’s go. Should be a lot of fun. But thank you again, everybody, for joining. Let me know your thoughts in the comments. Do you think that it’s possible that Giannis Antsuka would tell the Bucks, “You know what? Don’t trade me. I want to stay. I’m not that worried about contending for a championship. Or can the Bucks convince Giannis that they have some way that currently is not apparent to actually go and contend for a title? Let me know your thoughts in the comments section down below. Till next time, everybody. See you and stay safe.

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