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Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 9:05 pm Our players are always better than other teams players because we drafted them. It's this mind set that paralyzes fan bases from seeing the forest through the trees. Ant is a gifted player that can put his team on his back and win a game. It does not mean he's the complete package. It's obvious he hasn't reached that status and I still expect him to have a relatively short career. If you're being objective, Giannis would give us a far better chance of winning a title than Ant over the next 3 years. This trade is never going to happen, but if you really care about winning a championship you should want it to. Maybe we get Giannis and Ant which would be incredible.

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 9:05 pm Our players are always better than other teams players because we drafted them. It's this mind set that paralyzes fan bases from seeing the forest through the trees. Ant is a gifted player that can put his team on his back and win a game. It does not mean he's the complete package. It's obvious he hasn't reached that status and I still expect him to have a relatively short career. If you're being objective, Giannis would give us a far better chance of winning a title than Ant over the next 3 years. This trade is never going to happen, but if you really care about winning a championship you should want it to. Maybe we get Giannis and Ant which would be incredible.

FNG wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 9:30 pm

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 9:05 pm Well, FNG knew he'd get some blowback .

It's strictly a theoretical argument to have because there are all sorts of reasons Connelly wouldn't make that trade that goes beyond simply Giannis > Ant as a player right now.

So assuming Ant is off the table, the real asset that Milwaukee would demand is Jaden and I can't imagine any sort of deal the Bucks would agree to not including Jaden. So it would have to be Jaden + [insert other names/picks] to match salaries and overall asset value.

Ha, I did! But I didn’t except to hear so many arguments championing Ant over Giannis though! Maybe I’ll tee up an Ant for Jokic thread next!

But yesh, any thought that the Bucks wouid trade Giannis for a package that doesn’t include Jaden or Ant is naive I think, unless we could sweeten the deal with multiple first round picks…which of course we can’t.

AussieWolf3 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 10:20 pm

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 9:05 pm Our players are always better than other teams players because we drafted them. It's this mind set that paralyzes fan bases from seeing the forest through the trees. Ant is a gifted player that can put his team on his back and win a game. It does not mean he's the complete package. It's obvious he hasn't reached that status and I still expect him to have a relatively short career. If you're being objective, Giannis would give us a far better chance of winning a title than Ant over the next 3 years. This trade is never going to happen, but if you really care about winning a championship you should want it to. Maybe we get Giannis and Ant which would be incredible.

Any speck of evidence for Ant having a short career or is this just a vibes thing?

Also it's not objective. Gainnis won a championship 5 years ago and it's been mostly 1st round exits since. That is not all his fault, obviously, but the simple fact is his teams have not been very successful the last few years
In a vacuum Gainnis would offer a better chance this year; speculating three years from now is dubious. it's also not just swapping Ant for Gainnis, the question is whether your better after paying the cost to acquire him with Ant being a part of that cost. I'm certain the answer is no, and I am a big fan of Gainnis

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 10:37 pm After reading all the posts in this thread, I’m even more down on the idea of swapping Ant for Giannis than I was previously. Beyond that one suggested swap, I just keep in coming back to the fact that we’re 8 games over .500 and only 2 game out of 2nd place in the West after just winning two in a row without our star, including a win on the road against a pretty good Golden State team. Naz struggled early as he was clearly struggling with the murder of his sister and the team overall got off to a slow start. The team still isn’t firing on all cylinders consistently but we’re not even half way through the long NBA season. We can all fantasize about how great it would be to have certain players on this team, but it’s critical to consider who we’d have to give up to get one of those players and the trade’s overall NET impact on the team. If our front office is out there trying to trade for a PG because they believe they have to, the rest of the league’s front office executives will circle like sharks in bloody water and the Wolves will get fleeced.

Let’s see how this season plays out. If changes are needed, those changes should be made next summer = carefully and strategically.

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 10:37 pm After reading all the posts in this thread, I’m even more down on the idea of swapping Ant for Giannis than I was previously. Beyond that one suggested swap, I just keep in coming back to the fact that we’re 8 games over .500 and only 2 game out of 2nd place in the West after just winning two in a row without our star, including a win on the road against a pretty good Golden State team. Naz struggled early as he was clearly struggling with the murder of his sister and the team overall got off to a slow start. The team still isn’t firing on all cylinders consistently but we’re not even half way through the long NBA season. We can all fantasize about how great it would be to have certain players on this team, but it’s critical to consider who we’d have to give up to get one of those players and the trade’s overall NET impact on the team. If our front office is out there trying to trade for a PG because they believe they have to, the rest of the league’s front office executives will circle like sharks in bloody water and the Wolves will get fleeced.

Let’s see how this season plays out. If changes are needed, those changes should be made next summer = carefully and strategically.

FNG wrote: ↑Tue Dec 16, 2025 7:21 am

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 10:37 pm After reading all the posts in this thread, I’m even more down on the idea of swapping Ant for Giannis than I was previously. Beyond that one suggested swap, I just keep in coming back to the fact that we’re 8 games over .500 and only 2 game out of 2nd place in the West after just winning two in a row without our star, including a win on the road against a pretty good Golden State team. Naz struggled early as he was clearly struggling with the murder of his sister and the team overall got off to a slow start. The team still isn’t firing on all cylinders consistently but we’re not even half way through the long NBA season. We can all fantasize about how great it would be to have certain players on this team, but it’s critical to consider who we’d have to give up to get one of those players and the trade’s overall NET impact on the team. If our front office is out there trying to trade for a PG because they believe they have to, the rest of the league’s front office executives will circle like sharks in bloody water and the Wolves will get fleeced.

Let’s see how this season plays out. If changes are needed, those changes should be made next summer = carefully and strategically.

I think that's where I am also, Lip...teams shouldn't be looking at a big move after winning 6 out of 7. But then again this is TC...we've learned he's not your typical POBO. And some reasonably reliable sources have written about him inquiring about Kyrie, Coby, Giannis and even Ja. He seems to be out there trying to make something happen, but I lean toward standing pat.

kekgeek wrote: ↑Tue Dec 16, 2025 8:26 am

FNG wrote: ↑Tue Dec 16, 2025 7:21 am

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 15, 2025 10:37 pm After reading all the posts in this thread, I’m even more down on the idea of swapping Ant for Giannis than I was previously. Beyond that one suggested swap, I just keep in coming back to the fact that we’re 8 games over .500 and only 2 game out of 2nd place in the West after just winning two in a row without our star, including a win on the road against a pretty good Golden State team. Naz struggled early as he was clearly struggling with the murder of his sister and the team overall got off to a slow start. The team still isn’t firing on all cylinders consistently but we’re not even half way through the long NBA season. We can all fantasize about how great it would be to have certain players on this team, but it’s critical to consider who we’d have to give up to get one of those players and the trade’s overall NET impact on the team. If our front office is out there trying to trade for a PG because they believe they have to, the rest of the league’s front office executives will circle like sharks in bloody water and the Wolves will get fleeced.

Let’s see how this season plays out. If changes are needed, those changes should be made next summer = carefully and strategically.

I think that's where I am also, Lip...teams shouldn't be looking at a big move after winning 6 out of 7. But then again this is TC...we've learned he's not your typical POBO. And some reasonably reliable sources have written about him inquiring about Kyrie, Coby, Giannis and even Ja. He seems to be out there trying to make something happen, but I lean toward standing pat.

Are you sure you don’t want to trade Ant for Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk because be has better on/off numbers than Ant? (Just giving you shit)