There is a view on this board that a Grant trade would require adding assets (a pick) to get it done. I disagree with that opinion. Ant’s value and Ayton’s value likewise receive low value or neutral value, too. A trade proposal of Grant + Ant + Murray = Bobby Portis + Dame Portis at 30 has been a backup for 3 years and is a pretty good PF/C who shoots and rebounds well. (Pretty general statements about a good player.) Dame will be out a year and then will be on his final year before a pay cut. This trade is bringing in a useful backup who has been healthy and a player who has said he would like to return, eventually. Check with him prior to a trade if Milwaukee is interested. Diplomacy. It sheds what some people think is a neutral to negative contract and a contract many fans do not want extended at larger numbers. This trade proposal is not ideal, but it could help (or buy time) for Milwaukee keeping Giannis. If this is not enough value for Portland, then give the option to Portland of swapping picks in 2031 if 2028 does not have the swap happen.
Bringing back Dame….not gonna happen. Rather have Giannis to play with Deni, Camara, Clingan, Sharpe. I will concede to keeping Scoot and having Bantom, Thybulle, Reath off the bench - i’m good with this. We’d need a vet back-up PG (playmaker) and perhaps an “enforcer” type vet PF coming off the bench. we got Grant, Ayton, Simons, Williams, Murray…and some draft capital to try for Giannis. Can we find a way to bring Giannis? If he’s a pipe dream, what about Sabonis? ….but bringing back Dame just doesn’t make sense. Shoulda, woulda, coulda.
