Giannis earlier this year: “I want Luka to the Lakers, I want Jokic to the Knicks. I want all the Europeans to go to all the big markets, to see something incredible. This is what I want, this is my dream”
STOP THE COUNT
NO ACTUALLY KEEP THE COUNT GOING
#COUNT THE VOTES
The fuck
Hey, isn’t your best player from France?…
Giannis teaming up with Wemby on the lakers
To round out our bench since Jokic will be our starting 5
would have to change the team name to Globetrotters at that point
Showtime’s back babyyyy
Did you not just hear Giannis? Jokic is going to the knicks with sengun silly
Wemby will leave the spurs when I can dunk a basketball again
Pack your bags buddy, you’re now starting for the knicks
Giannis Wemby Luka SGA Jokic
TO DA LAKERS!
Fuck it, Ohtani is going to the Lakers, too.
While the Clippers and Angels are getting shafted as per usual.
I mean…the Clippers kinda shafted themselves.
Lauri instead of SGA to keep up the European theme
SGA is Canadian thats essentially European in America
Well Americans are just Europeans in a far away land
White Americans*
Then you have Native-Americans, African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans.
Hispanic Americans many are native to Texas (formerly territory of Mexico), Asian American example you have Hawaiian
Giannis meant Big Ol Women market, so the Spurs are safe
I would throw something if Giannis ended up in SA
San Antonio is a big market, considering their female fans
Giannis to the Big (ole women) Market San Antonio confirmed
I’m still hard from the Luka trade, don’t tempt me Giannis.
Wemby is NEXT
… and he wants to be a part of his dream.
He’s going to be with the big women in San Antonio. Or he could stay home
Wemby and giannis together dear god
If it happens, I’m throwing a fucking fit, and also pretending that I’ve been a Spurs fan for two decades.
if giannis and wemby together, i will declare i was spurs fans since tim duncan era
Tbh I’d say just do it lol. Especially with everything thats gone down
Just get a vintage Admiral jersey off eBay, problem solved
Towers 2.0
That might be the only way to stop OKC with all their future picks to replenish their roster.
That’s so sweet. You think San Antonio is a big market team lololol
San Antonio is physically big
we’re the only big women team, gotta count for something
Big Red (and Barbacoa) Market
They’re a big ole market
Me going on LinkedIn:
I just think every star performer should have the opportunity to shine at a big company.
He’s staying in the Great Lakes.
Toronto is the 4th largest city in North America.
Not the best “I have a dream” speech of all time, but it’s gotta be in the top 3.
Senator Armstrong
Martin Luther King Jr.
Giannis Antetokounmpo
MLK did not do all that just to have the #2 I have a dream speech 😭
What if this interview is what inspired Nico
This interview happened after the Luka trade and they asked giannis about it…..
Not before
Knicks trade for Giannis and they become the 2024 Bucks, no depth and no solid third option.
The thing is, stars or teams never think these things through
They just think all their problems will be solved when they get a top 5 player/go to a big market team, that honeymoon phase and the buzz from the blockbuster move itself is what gets them
Then reality sets in, team fit, depth and chemistry become apparent
Happens time and time again
Lakers are only making it work cause they have AR/Ayton on some of the best contracts in the league. If Ayton gets a good contract and jumps ship next season, AR gets bumped to ~35m per year, theyre going to really struggle to build around Luka, even if bron takes an MLE.
Yeah its getting hard to build a team not through the draft, the okc formula is hard to replicate
Detroit is somewhat at the beginning phases of that but they are still a ways away
Not that hard to replicate. In the last 10 years, Warriors, Bucks, Nuggets, Celtics, OKC all built championship winning teams through primarily the draft. Only Raptors and LA traded/signed their stars.
I mean, Warriors got lucky that Steph had bad ankles during his rookie contract. Nuggets had to move Nurkic and a 1st rounder to make space for Jokic and traded a 1st rounder for Aaron Gordon. Celtics and OKC both traded multiple stars for future 1st rounders, which is exactly what the Sixers did and the Sixers only got 1 conference finals from that strategy
The Lakers are uniquely suited for rehabbing value (Ayton) or players who can bet on themselves (AR).
But the Lakers can’t spend a couple seasons at 14th or 15th in the Western Conference like OKC has.
Any championship roster always has a few players playing above their contracts. Steph Curry was one a stupid cheap contract for a few of those rings.
It mainly worked because the Mavs accepted a minimal return for Luka. That’s how players like Reaves managed to stay on the Lakers instead of being demanded by the Mavs as a trade piece
They’re making it work cuz they traded Jack shit for that top five player lol
he gone
trade kat
that’s the problem, they’d never do this straight up, they’d take half the team for him.
Wonder what an actual offer would look like. Maybe something like this?
Biggest problem with the Knicks as a suitor is that, if the Bucks trade Giannis, they’re rebuilding, and the Knicks have very little in the way of talented young players/prospects.
Didn’t they just trade like 5 FRPs for bridges?
Knicks have eseentially zero picks to trade
Of course not. Current roster from last trades isn’t going to win a chip might as well try again.
Thank god we have Leon Rose who would never do that.
15 years ago and he’d be a Knick already and just another playin team.
As a lover of basketball first, despite our recent rivalry and “fuck Trae Young” chants, it would feel amazing to see Giannis in NYC like that. Brunson/Giannis with some shooting/defending around them sounds exciting.
I did hate seeing Lakers make out like bandits again, I will root against them, but, as a Slav, I feel immensely proud to see Luka be the superstar on Lakers. It’s just insane we have a dude be successor of all those dudes, to be accepted as one of those dudes. He will need to win, but again, purely from this Slav lover of basketball perspective (I thought just having Peja be that guy for a few years was awesome), this is insane.
I loved having Bogi and Pero on Hawks too (not so much Alex Len)
Giannis can be pretty corny, bit like LeBron.
he be doing the same thing in the media
Are they destined to ringchase together?
That entire roster will be Giannis, Lebron, and their relatives.
The LeNepotemptafreetheows.
UP UP AND AWAY!
Pretty sure Giannis is joking half the time he speaks to the media. There’s a big difference between how he’s speaking in this clip vs when he’s being serious.
Man when I said this over the past couple of years I got dragged through the mud
I’ve never agreed with Giannis more.
Well good thing we packaged Sean Combs for him today
Welcome home, the white sauce is on the cupboard to the left.
I will personally take him on a tour of Astoria to get frappes, good olive oil and stuck up Greek women.
The weather and beaches are closer to Greece in socal, just sayin
Sure let’s do it.
Its Joeover , Giannis is gunning for a big market after seeing Bucks have no chance this year either. But honestly fuck big markets we need Jokic and Giannis togehter somehow , Denver Bucks fusion
Denver becomes a suburb of Milwaukee
I’ll allow it. Jokic and Giannis are quite honestly a perfect fit because they each cover the other’s “weaknesses” best.
Also, Jokic can throw a freaking lob.
I don’t think that team-up would work but I would love to see it. Everytime I play NBA 2k16 I trade to put them in the same team. World make it happen for at least one good season!
I wanna believe this isnt a typo and you’re playing 2k with 2nd year Jokic and 3rd year Giannis
Someone tell him Toronto is a big market
Giannis would have his face plastered everywhere in Canada if he joined the Raptors 😔
Yeah I mean, no other team is going to get you the backing of an entire country.
well if you insist
my 9⁄11 and the first tower already fell with Luka
I feel like i need some context here.
Giannis was being silly. As for OP posting this, we suck so the r/nba sharks are smelling more blood than usual and unless we start winning again, expect this from now through the trade deadline.
And as for everyone who thinks Giannis gone this season, if it happens at all it won’t be until next off season when he’s eligible for more $s after the new cap’s announced - Giannis may want to win but he likes collecting money even more.
Honestly, I would fire Doc before thinking about moving Giannis. Doc is horribly out of his depth here.
scapegoat. replacing Doc aint gonna make this team better
I doubt it could make us much worse
Yes it will
Hope he likes Utah
Same
Big market you say? Come on down giannis. We have the golden tower bridge.
I want all the European stars in big markets: Kostas Papanikolau in Chicago, Georgios Papagiannis with the Clippers in LA.
Bucks fans will tell you he’s African
Bucks fans Greeks will tell you he’s African
Greek here, he is Greek/Nigerian by every definition, and according to himself.
It’s not that difficult of a concept.
6M people in Toronto, 40M in Canada. Just look at the Jays’ World Series run.
After 5 years we back to the Giannis trade mill even harder now 😭
Well, you know what they say about broken clocks…
Would love for him to stay, but if he goes, Bucks will get an assload for him, not a bag of chips and a glass figurine player like the Mavs. Horst is a great and has been doing whatever possible with the little resources they have.
Giannis to the Lakers for Gabe Vincent and a 2046 2nd rounder
Nico Harrison be like “make it a 2056 and you’ve got a deal”
Jokic should come to the Knicks I agree with that
He will demand to go to the knicks. other teams may have better packages but he won’t want to go there
Bucks will just keep him then. Our best offer is nowhere near what he’s worth. A Giannis+whatever for KAT+OG deal would be Nico Harrison tier fleece
Maybe a year ago before we gave up the Mikal picks we could’ve realistically got Giannis but that ship has sailed.
You guys would just be recreating the Bucks of last year just Brunson instead of Lillard. No depth, no 3rd option, only Giannis and Brunson with poor chemistry because Giannis is a ball dominant player that can only impact the game with the ball in his hands.
Will be like the Dame/Blazers situation.
If there’s no deal with the Knicks, he might increase his list a little to try to get another team to bid more.
Then if there’s still not a team with enough assets, Bucks will just trade him to a team where he’s not giving them any assurances. Realistically a team like the Rockets or Spurs should be able to outbid the Lakers/Knicks easily, and should take the risk even if Giannis says he will 100% leave. The 1.5 year rental, worst case scenario, will still be worth a couple prospects/picks IMO.
Will come down to what the Bucks value more. Austin Reaves or OG Anunoby.
I don’t think so, it will come down to what Giannis wants. If he says Knicks they’ll take the Knicks best offer, if he says Lakers they’ll take the Lakers best offer.
If I’m the Lakers, I’m still offering Reaves+filler+picks even with 0 assurances from Giannis. The upside is so tantalizing that it’s a risk I’m willing to take.
Probably other teams will too.
And Giannis to Chicago!
right?
right!?
oh…
He’s not pascal siakam though
It always confuses me how the NBA doesn’t try to emulate the NFL. I mean Mahomes plays in Missouri. Lamar Jackson is in Baltimore.
I feel like the NFL did a really good job of making fans a fan of the franchise. The NBA made fans a fan of the player. I have a friend who just claims whatever team LeBron is on.
Yep its why even in the NFL they push QBs to be the face of a team
I wish he would just embrace the Bucks. I think Dame regretted leaving the Trail Blazers
I do wonder if seeing Dame’s experience of leaving a shitty team not being all sunshine and roses has had an impact. You can go to a better team on paper sure, no guarantee you’re going to actually do any better after you uproot your whole life.
Giannis is gonna be a future commissioner
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Golden State is a pretty big market…
You mean San Francisco right
Maybe share whatever stupid reason you have for posting this old clip. Am I supposed to automatically know what point you’re trying to make?
Giannis on the Heat would Feed families. I think the nba has to let this happen. A major star on cultural relevant teams. Luka on the lakers, Giannis to the Heat, Lebron to the knicks…
YES I WANT THIS ALSO
I’ve never wanted to be big enough more in my life.
this sub has such a wierd hate boner for giannis being on the bucks. there is some wild social manipulation going on to try to get him off that team. He just got misquoted into being called a dumbass the other day and now we’re bringing up him trolling just to rile up the base, huh?
The NBA has a major small market issue. The NFL clears the NBA because the smaller markets have their day at some point.
It honestly wouldn’t shock me considering the shit we are seeing in terms of refing this year to try to force him to leave.
I hope he demands a team and end up there
After all he has done for that franchise, they should respect his wish and trade him where he wants to go, if that’s what he wants.
It’s the least they could do.
Damn. I thought Giannis had come around to staying in Milwaukee.
Miami will get a deal done for him
knicks fans just collectively ejaculated
Giannis revealing the script
Giannis to Miami
He gone
Welp, I don’t like Gianni’s anymore.
Keep our big honey out your GD mouth!
Don’t speak on the nuggets
He forgot giannis to Miami
Boston won it all in the end, we used the picks on Bridges to beat Boston but lost out on Giannis
I love when Giannis goes Troel mode.
Nico: Done!
Antetonico
Jokic at the garden would be crazy 😂😂all the Celebs would be wildin!
OKC and Indiana are both cornering the market on North Americans anyway. Bring it the fuck on.
Keep our name out your mouth.
So how good would the Knicks be if they could afford Jokic’s contract?
Come to the bulls😭he won’t tho nor can we give anything worthwhile
What kind of question led to this response
Giannis to Sac confirmed
All I hear is he wants to be in a big market like San Antonio…..
I’ll take Jocic.
Send him to Chicago
Sasha call out! Love it
So happy Shai is (North) American
Lol Dallas is a pretty big market
Wemby to the nets
KAT OG and McBride plus picks is what u would have to give up minimum plus take back kuzma awful contract and that’s only if Giannis forces it - doubt it happens
How about a lightly used Bron’ James and a heavily protected second round pick?
OKC trades iHart, Dortz, Big JWill & Clippers Picks to the Bucks
OKC has such a trove of riches wtf
Giannis to the Kings confirmed.
Be the change you want to see
Wizards Giannis it is.
Welcome to Chicago!
What is this accent
Most teams would want Giannis.
But after seeing this…
…most teams know he wouldn’t re-sign there. So that leaves the big market teams to mortgage their futures & offload expiring contracts, to win with Giannis NOW.
Who can do that ?
Los Angeles
New York
Chicago
Golden State
Miami
Who else ?
Anyone else catch one of the reporters saying “Sasha”.
The guy thought Giannis was talking about Lakers legend Sasha Vujacic.
We do a little trolling
Luka to LA, Jokic to the Knicks, Giannis to Chicago…
So which major market is Giannis going to?
Okay fine I guess
Giannis to Toronto!
Fuck he’s going to chicago
So does that mean he’s coming here then
Adding this to my cope journal
I kinda tired of listening to whatever rambling nonsense Giannis says
Shout out Sasha
Jokic to the Knicks is filthy.
Just another reason to not watch this shitty product!
Was this before or after Mr Nico made the trade
I love Giannis and it would be a dream that would never come true if he landed on my Sixers squad. Him and Maxey with a bunch of decent young players.
Im also hurt that OKC is gonna get a top 5 pick again this year all from that stupid ass Paul George trade.
They should, it is the best for them and for the NBA
Giannis to the Nets right lol?
There’s so many wings that could make the Bucks a good team. Monk would be great, Trey, he’s needs a scoring wing bad.
OKC would use their draft picks to add Giannis
Chicago is big too