thanks a lot for that shitty thought I'm now thinking about a platypus as road kill does that match Haiku format?
CJ, Collins, Simons, Ariza, our draft pick every other year for the next 5-6 years (like Clippers did to get George) for Gannis, Hill, and Robin Lopez Blazers lineup Lillard/Hill Trent Jr/Hood Melo/Little Giannis/Gabriel/Hoard Nurkic/Lopez
uhhhh.....Giannis? but yeah, Portland has needed a backup PG for 6 seasons and that situation would only get a little more desperate if CJ was traded. well, it's hard to take anything sas says seriously, and if the Bucks were shopping Giannis. it's probably safe to say they'd get better offers than anything Portland could give (unless Dame was included) it's kind of hard to say what the Blazers would need until we knew what they had to give in the trade the first big question is what the Bucks would do. Would they just say "fuck it, we'll rebuild" if they had to trade Giannis? For damn sure if a Giannis/Middleton core wasn't a contender, a CJ/Middleton core wouldn't be. I don't think CJ has nearly as much value as many Blazer fans believe either, especially not with that new extension. and if the Bucks rebuild, they'll want good young players and draft picks. Portland has some young players but they aren't good yet, if ever. And if Dame/Giannis end up together for the next 5 years, a slew of late 1sts isn't going to have much value to the Bucks besides all that, if past is predicate, Olshey would hold CJ untouchable in Giannis trade talks anyway
I expect a Dame/Giannis pairing is possible. But I'm not sure Neil will be all that eager to trade Lillard to the Bucks. barfo
CJ, Nurkic, Collins, Trent Jr and the multiple draft picks for Giannis, Brook Lopez and Ilyasova. Works on the trade machine.
I really think the trade would be CJ, Nurk, Zach, Gary, Nas and all of the draft picks they can possibly take from us for Giannis, BroLo and Hill. They would be getting guards and if they wanted to win while transitioning into the future that all of those picks and our young players would give them then I think they would want to hold onto a PF as insurance for Zach and give up one of the glut of small guards they have. That also would make more sense for us.
Good thing Simmons isn’t on the roster then. The guy can’t shoot, but I don’t think Philly considers him trash.
I do think that if Milwaukee is actually looking to shake up their roster they would want a scorer like CJ to pair with Giannis. I think the most likely deal with the Bucks would be CJ and picks for Middleton. I think the picks would be this years first and our 2022 first. I would do that trade. Middleton is a gifted scorer... not on CJs level but the guy can get buckets but Middleton is a great defender. Now that would leave Milwaukee without a good option at the three. Maybe the trade would be CJ, the picks and Ariza for Middleton and Hill. They could then use their MLE to get a wing to back up Ariza and/or draft a wing player by moving up with their pick and our pick or picks. I think this trade makes really good sense for both teams. Our rotation would be something like: Dame, Gary, Middleton, Zach (or someone we pick up with the MLE), Nurk, Hill, Zach or MLE, Hood, Nas, Wenyen. That's just such a better defensive team than we had this season and we don't really give up too much on offense. Their rotation would be something like: Bledsoe, CJ, Ariza, Giannis, BroLo, Divencenzo, MLE, re-signed or opted in Wes, RoLo, Ilyasova. That's just got a lot more scoring punch because CJ would initiate that offense and a CJ/Giannis two man game would be better than anything they have going now. Yeah, CJ would be a weak link in their defense but unlike Dame, Bledsoe is a defensive specialist and their defense is so strong it could handle CJ. I think Ariza would be solid for them too.
Shoulda traded way less for Jimmy Butler when he wanted out of Chicago. I firmly believe we would have been in a Finals by now with Dame and Jimmy.
That's nice, if he's not signing an extension then the Bucks are still taking a monumental gamble if they don't trade him in the off season. For the record, I think they'll take that gamble and look to shake up other parts of the roster which could provide some opportunity for us.