Would you trade the farm for Giannis? Every asset but Ant?

[BloopOracle]

Milwaukee approaches you, and they say they want Jaden, Gobert, Donte, Rob, Shannon, and every draft pick and swap that can be offered. Would you do it?

[Q-is-here]

Milwaukee approaches you, and they say they want Jaden, Gobert, Donte, Rob, Shannon, and every draft pick and swap that can be offered. Would you do it?

What are we getting back besides Giannis, as the salaries of the guys you listed exceeds his annual salary.

Regardless, that seems excessive even for Giannis. If we have learned anything from the playoffs this year, it's that quality depth matters a ton.

[Wolvesfan21]

Milwaukee approaches you, and they say they want Jaden, Gobert, Donte, Rob, Shannon, and every draft pick and swap that can be offered. Would you do it?

What are we getting back besides Giannis, as the salaries of the guys you listed exceeds his annual salary.

Regardless, that seems excessive even for Giannis. If we have learned anything from the playoffs this year, it's that quality depth matters a ton.

Agreed, doesn't work salary wise. Jaden and Rudy, maybe and I would consider. Gutting the entire roster would be foolish.

[KG4Ever]

I would trade every single asset except for Ant, Jaden and Rudy, for sure. I don't think they need Rudy, so he stays. They would want Jaden..so maybe (have to see if what we keep or get back is a viable contender or not and what if any salary we have to spend on free agents.

[Wolvesfan21]

I would trade every single asset except for Ant, Jaden and Rudy, for sure. I don't think they need Rudy, so he stays. They would want Jaden..so maybe (have to see if what we keep or get back is a viable contender or not and what if any salary we have to spend on free agents.

I can't have Rudy and Giannis playing together, two non/poor 3P shooters is a just bad idea on offense. Get away with 1, not 2. I'd have to move off Rudy either in this trade, add a 3rd team, or another trade.

Defensively sure, awesome. You still got to score points though. I love what Rudy has done for us too, same with Jaden. But Giannis could make me think about it for sure.

[Lipoli390]

I’m a firm, unequivocal no!! If I could trade Randle or Naz (sign-and-trade), our two picks this year, and Donte (assuming salaries worked), I’d make that deal. But I don’t see that deal happening and I’m not interested in giving up anything more for an admittedly great player but a player who is 7 years older than Ant, whose body seems to be breaking down, and who doesn’t seem to fit well with Ant (two ball-dominant players) and Rudy (two suspect free-throw shooters with limited range).

[WildWolf2813]

realistically we don't have enough to get him.

Because of that, my answer is yes.

we also have to ignore Ant's age. I don't want Ant's success to predicated upon who else was good in the 2019-21 nba drafts. The team went after Rudy because they felt it could help Ant now. We traded for old man Conley because Ant still needs his hand held in big spots. The team's pursuing Durant because regardless of age, Durant would be an ideal 2nd option to Ant.

Point is, don't let age be a dealbreaker for what this team needs, especially when TC has determined that they can compete now.

[FNG]

i wouldn't trade the farm, but I would strongly consider the deal that the SI writer has thrown out there: Ju, Jaden, TJ and picks. But everything I read says that won't likely be enough. The Bucks today said they were open to trading Giannis, and would be looking to get back young talent and multiple picks. We're happy here with 17 and 31 this season, but that's not going to excite the Bucks compared to the draft capital other teams have. So to answer the question, no to the farm, yes to the deal mentioned above, and no- it ain't gonna happen.

[Lipoli390]

realistically we don't have enough to get him.

Because of that, my answer is yes.

we also have to ignore Ant's age. I don't want Ant's success to predicated upon who else was good in the 2019-21 nba drafts. The team went after Rudy because they felt it could help Ant now. We traded for old man Conley because Ant still needs his hand held in big spots. The team's pursuing Durant because regardless of age, Durant would be an ideal 2nd option to Ant.

Point is, don't let age be a dealbreaker for what this team needs, especially when TC has determined that they can compete now.

It typically takes years of core players playing together before a team gets to the NBA finals. In that sense age matters. You want your core guys playing together at their peak for as long as possible just to get to the Finals and then of course you want that success to be sustainable for years thereafter. Therefore, you don’t want a core that consists of your #1 star entering his prime when the other key guys (your #2) are exiting his prime. Durant is well past his prime. His play has already declined and historically players his age often decline very quickly year to year. Giannis is still in his prime and should be for a couple more years, but when you see how many games he’s been missing recently and watch him you see his body breaking down sooner than most in part because of how he plays. As I’ve mentioned, I also don’t think Giannis fits particularly well with Ant.

[WildWolf2813]

realistically we don't have enough to get him.

Because of that, my answer is yes.

we also have to ignore Ant's age. I don't want Ant's success to predicated upon who else was good in the 2019-21 nba drafts. The team went after Rudy because they felt it could help Ant now. We traded for old man Conley because Ant still needs his hand held in big spots. The team's pursuing Durant because regardless of age, Durant would be an ideal 2nd option to Ant.

Point is, don't let age be a dealbreaker for what this team needs, especially when TC has determined that they can compete now.

It typically takes years of core players playing together before a team gets to the NBA finals. In that sense age matters. You want your core guys playing together at their peak for as long as possible just to get to the Finals and then of course you want that success to be sustainable for years thereafter. Therefore, you don’t want a core that consists of your #1 star entering his prime when the other key guys (your #2) are exiting his prime. Durant is well past his prime. His play has already declined and historically players his age often decline very quickly year to year. Giannis is still in his prime and should be for a couple more years, but when you see how many games he’s been missing recently and watch him you see his body breaking down sooner than most in part because of how he plays. As I’ve mentioned, I also don’t think Giannis fits particularly well with Ant.

The team at one point thought their core was gonna be Ant, Jaden and Naz. They've done what you asked them to do. The problem now seems to be that Reid and McDaniels might be good but not good enough and anyone else who's younger (in our case, TSJ is older than Ant), the coach is hesitant to use. The ideal 2nd banana to Ant isn't gonna be readily available, especially to a team that has blown through it's draft capital, so like most teams seem to do, that guy is gonna have to come via the draft. If we can't bet that Connelly can identify that guy that way, then I don't get why he's even here. Finding talent via the draft is why we found TC to be appealing in the first place.