Yeah I hadn't thought deeply about it. I think those could be good I agree. I was sorta in shock the Bucks weren't on my radar at all. I also felt my heart feel love for Lillard again, which was shocking. Lots of emotions.
This is another intangible benefit of this trade, we stuffed Riles for all to see and crowned an Eastern Champion in arguably the greatest FUCK YOU in Sports trade history. Amazing. Cronin has quite the set on him!
Portland will receive Jrue Holiday, Deandre Ayton, Toumani Camara, Milwaukee's 2029 unprotected first-round draft pick, and unprotected Milwaukee swap rights in 2028 and 2030, sources told Wojnarowski.
Yeah im working on them in real time but those seem to be the two dominant feelings: 1) Happy for the trade and the haul back 2) Grateful that Dame gets a real shot at a title on a team I actually dont mind winning a championship. oh sorry, and 3) FUCK MIAMI.
When it comes time to cash in on these picks, Giannis will be 34 and Dame will be 39.... I'll wait until 2030 to grade this trade!
Oh. Interesting. Wait, Dame's contract is up in 2028 right? or 2027? He'll be 38 yeah? Giannis will be 33/34 (so where dame is now). Thats interesting. It'll be super intriguing to see where Giannis is skill wise in 4 years. Does he hold up?
But of course. But we can grade now too. And its a good haul. Cant have hindsight trade grades when hindsight isnt achievable.
I think they keep Jrue until the trade deadline. I'm good with that because he can teach Scoot quite a bit. There will be a contender that wants Jrue is my thinking here. Ayton could be a nice piece. Hope that works out well also. Happy for Dame getting to play with Giannis. Hope Stotts and company all prevail in the east. I got a team other than the Blazers to root for right now.
Exactly. I was already cheering for Milwaukee as my 2nd team so this is really nice. I see your vision of keeping Jrue until the TD. Im not opposed to it at all.
