Giannis Antetokounmpo trade speculation

Simmons predicts Miami will win between 43 and 47 games depending on Giannis's availability.

“I think they'll be like between 43 and 47 wins, depending on how much Giannis”

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Simmons estimated Giannis has only one or two elite seasons left.

“I think he has one, maybe two really, really, really elite years left”

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Simmons argued that Kyle Kuzma would be the 'Giannis tax' forced on whichever team acquires Giannis.

“I think Kuzma, uh, is the Giannis tax for this trade for whoever gets him”

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Simmons predicted the Giannis trade would happen the next day and said he would still bet on Boston as the destination.

“I think it's going to happen tomorrow. Sadly, not, not good for our podcast”

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Lowe is skeptical Miami can be a title contender because Bam Adebayo and Giannis overlap offensively.

“I just think at heart, Bam and Giannis are too duplicative on offense”

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Lowe argues that once Boston's interest in Giannis leaked, trading Brown became the only realistic path.

“Once that gets out, there's no other realistic path for this to happen”

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Lowe said the Bucks clearly want to trade Giannis before the draft and he still leaned toward that happening.

“They clearly want to do it before the draft. Their owner, Jimmy Haslam, came out and said we'd like to do it before the draft if he's not going to extend”

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Lowe says he would be shocked if the Bucks did not trade Giannis and flags Boston as a serious suitor.

“I would be shocked at this point if they didn't They obviously know what Miami's offer is”

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Goldsberry reported hearing that Orlando has been active in pursuing Giannis, though they lack picks after the Desmond Bane trade.

“somebody who knows stuff told me that Orlando has actually been very active in seeking out Giannis Antetokounmpo services”

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Goldsberry predicted some team will overpay for Giannis relative to the risk involved.

“I think that somebody will probably overpay for the amount of risk they'll have to absorb to add Giannis Antetokounmpo to their roster”

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Goldsberry cited that Giannis has been fouled more than 6,500 times in the player-tracking era, more than any other player.

“he's been fouled 6,500 times. He's the only player that has been fouled more than 6,000 times”

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Goldsberry compared the aging bet on Giannis to Rob Gronkowski rather than Tom Brady and said history warns against paying a big man into his mid-30s.

“this isn't Tom Brady at 32. This is Gronk at 32. And it's not just the miles on the car”

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House calls the Giannis trade to Miami a rare deal that hurts both teams.

“wow, this is a rare lose-lose trade. You don't get a lot of those in the NBA”

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House dismisses rumors of Giannis Antetokounmpo joining the Wizards as nonsensical.

“there is no scenario under which it makes a lick of sense for Giannis to come to Washington”

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House suggested Giannis' calf history could be used as cover for load management in a faster modern NBA.

“I wonder if that is a new way to conduct some load management, especially with Giannis”

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PFT Commenter relays reporting that a Giannis deal stalled partly because Boston would not part with young players.

“the Celtics didn't want to part with their young pieces that they looked at very favorably like Shireman and Hugo”

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PFT Commenter said the Bucks–Giannis relationship is past repairing and both sides want to separate.

“I think it's past the point of repairing anything. I don't think either side wants it to be repaired”

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Dan Katz argues the Bucks mishandled the Giannis trade by waiting a year too long and receiving too small a return.

“I feel like the Bucs screwed this up just because they waited a year too long”

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Katz said the Bucks should trade Giannis for draft picks because his public comments show the relationship has broken down.

“It's gone on so long that he kind of is”

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Hank Lockwood believes the Giannis-to-Boston rumors are fake because Brad Stevens's moves do not leak.

“Brad Stevens doesn't deal with agents. Things that he's doing does not leak, so I feel like it's all fake smoke”

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Hank Lockwood dismisses trade reports and insists Giannis will stay in Milwaukee.

“I'm not letting myself get my hopes up or anything. He's going to stay in Milwaukee. He's not going to get traded”

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Rivers predicts Giannis will be traded, likely to an Eastern Conference team, and that any deal will involve three teams.

“If it does happen. It'll be three teams”

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Rivers says inaccurate trade reports damaged the Bucks and that Giannis repeatedly told him he wasn't going anywhere.

“He told me that several times. Coach, I'm going nowhere. He told me long before the trade deadline”

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Wright argues the Bucks deserve as much pressure as Giannis to initiate a breakup, since parting ways is best for both.

“there should be just as much, if not more pressure on the party that actually has to execute the trade”

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Wright proposes a three-team trade in which Atlanta gets Jaylen Brown, Milwaukee gets assets including its own pick back, and Giannis goes to Boston.

“Atlanta sends a bunch of stuff, including Milwaukee's own pick, back to Milwaukee, Atlanta gets Jalen Brown, who would fit with them perfectly”

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Verrier said he always thought Miami's package made more sense for Milwaukee than Boston's offer.

“I always thought Miami's package just made a little bit more sense than what the Celtics were offering”

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Legler would trade Donovan Mitchell for Giannis Antetokounmpo because of Cleveland's immediate championship window.

“Oh, for sure. For sure. Because of the... Where Mitchell is in the stage of his career”

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Max Delente argues the Bucks must trade Giannis to acquire assets and start a new chapter.

“You've got to trade him. You have to. It would be idiotic not to trade him at this point”

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