I wouldn't say no chance. He won a title in Milwaukee. Getting Turner likely buys Milwaukee a year. Next summer they'll have two unprotected picks and an unprotected swap available to trade for an all-star level or near all-star level sidekick. But yes if they ever explore trading him were the #1 trade partner either directly or as a third team. Might actually be even better for our picks if they hold out a few more years. If Giannis has a decline all the sudden Giannis well into his 30s on a supermax with little shooting could have his trade value plummet. Today they could get a haul to rebuild with him. In a number of years similar to an aging Kobe they might just be stuck with him.
Let's say Bucks season is terrible and they pivot to trade Giannis during the season. What would be the offer we'd make? With Jrue here and Dame interested in signing would we send out Scoot? Grant, Scoot, Murray Picks we can send out is potentially a massive haul 5 FRP unprotected 4 unprotected swaps built in to picks 2 unprotected swaps 2028 unprotected Orlando 2028 unprotected Blazers(with swap)* 2029 unprotected (with 2x swaps) 2030 unprotected (with swap) 2032 unprotected 2027 unprotected swap 2031 unprotected swap *conditional on making 2026 playoffs Clingan Yang Giannis Timelord Deni Thybulle Camara Sharpe Jrue Dame
Thats an amazing offer for the Bucks. Returns all their FRP except for 2026 (sunk cost) and 2027 swap (not costly as NOP are horrible too). Gets them a great young player to build around in Scoot. Zero chance they look at this today but if they're season goes horrible or more likely next summer - I guess you never know. Still I ultimately expect they play out this year - try to flip their 2030+2032 picks to bring in a Giannis sidekick instead. Never know from the Blazers end. While its salivating to daydream of adding Giannis now when he just finished 3rd in MVP - he might have a rapid decline in effectiveness very soon. This trade idea might look more like a Paul George to the Clippers disaster in a half decade. The Blazers may be far better off to just continue with all the assets they have. Seems like stars well into their 30's almost never live up to the hype. For every LeBron and CP3 theres 5x as many Wade and Melo's.
