How Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors impact Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets

How Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors impact Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets

May 12, 2026



How Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors impact Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets

On the latest episode of Pickaxe and Roll, Ryan Blackburn breaks down the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade discussion that just popped up, what he expects to happen, and how it impacts Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets now and going forward. He also discusses Denver’s need for creativity in trades if that’s the direction they go.

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  2. Denver needs to consider Giannis. Denver won't be able to compete with OKC, SAS, NYK, Pistons with incremental upgrades. Denver needs to make a big trade. Denver has a salary problem next year and can solve it by sending several players for Giannis. Any combination of JM, AG, PW, CB, and CJ should be considered. These players can be traded by the Bucks to other teams for picks or involve 4 teams in a mega trade.

  5. Listen to this guy it pains me to sit here and listen to him he is never been a joker fan or a nugget fan you can just hear it in his voice the fact that he would say joker's second or third when it's pretty much unanimously agreed by pretty much everybody in the league the other players will even tell you that joker is the best player in basketball I watch this guy all year long and every time Denver played a big game in the regular season he picked against them every time all the way back to the beginning of the year when Denver looked like the best team in basketball to start the year they were like 10 and 2 they were playing the rockets and he picked the rockets to blow them out he said he didn't even think it was going to be closed he picks against them every time he sits there with that drove voice and just picks against them you can tell he's not a fan of joker or the nuggets

  6. Joker and giannis have been the two best players in basketball for the last 7 years it's not even close The joker is substantially number one this guy it's hard to watch his videos when he says things like that

  8. Whoever hired this guy to be a nugget supporter they need to seriously acquire about getting somebody else to do this job this dude is not on their side he constantly bashes joker he constantly praises SGA a guy who literally I don't even think he's a top 5 player

  9. This is not nearly as bad as these idiots are making it out to be if Denver gotten out of that first round I honestly believe they would have beat the shit out of the Spurs joker destroys Whitby

  10. SGA who was a -7 in the close out game is your best player in the league? Please. He on a stacked team. Put him on a team like the Nuggets – Jokic he he not be shinning like he is. . I take Wembe and Jokic over him all day long. Hell that Ajay Mitchell (2 mill a year) has out played him in the playoff's and has been a + in every game. Guess being in the media you have to say silly things. OLD PLAYERS DON'T WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS.

  11. It was definitely injuries that caused this I truly believe this team may have won the NBA title if they never got any of the injuries if joker never gets injured he was playing the best anybody's ever played in the NBA and when he came back he was clearly injured he was still far and away the best player in basketball despite what this dumbass has to say but he wasn't quite as dominoes he was the beginning of the year again still the best player in the NBA but had he stayed at that level he was before December 30th they probably win the NBA title if everybody's healthy

  13. Jokic and Giannis would be amazing and probably dominating for the rest of their career. Nuggets organization is dumb and bums. Having that troll Jamal and and CB that has no clue wtf basketball is. Pathetic. Whatever the case No more Murray plz. If Minnesota ads Giannis they only get better against Nuggets even if they lose Gobert, Randle and McDaniels. They get two all star MPV players, Nuggets still say shit with Jokic and rest of those trolls around him.

  16. Everything you said about the Bucks is already what DEN has done. Each year you lose more and more players from the championship team and it hasn’t worked. It’s not going to work when they trade Jamal and AG. In the history of the NBA, it’s less likely that you win a championship after a “retool”. If Jamal and AG are traded, they have a better chance of winning another championship with new teams than staying in DEN

    Also, it’s hard to say “most fans” when you are talking about online engagement which isn’t always what is true tangibly. I wonder what season ticket holders and people who go to the games think

  17. Nugget fans need to realize this team needs to rebuild the next 2 or 3 years if they want Joker to get another championship. Nuggets barely have a team.

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