EarthWarping | NBA

450 | 3 hours ago

I think what happened here is they were never trading him barring the godfather offer

WIN011 | MIL

102 | 3 hours ago

Precisely. Didn’t make sense to rush things in a matter of weeks when you can wait for things to develop in the offseason

nowhathappenedwas | NBA

77 | 2 hours ago

The Bucks obviously shouldn’t take an offer they don’t want to take.

But this “rush things in a matter of weeks” stuff ignores all of the reporting that Giannis told the Bucks he wanted out over the summer, and that the Bucks had trade talks with the Knicks over the summer. This isn’t some newly emergent situation that the Bucks have suddenly had to deal with – it’s an ongoing situation that they’ve been fully aware of for months.

There’s precedent for teams refusing to be bullied into taking a bad offer and instead successfully waiting for a better offer (Pels with AD, Nets with KD). But there are also examples of teams failing to see the writing on the wall, making desperation moves to keep their disgruntled star, and then getting a smaller or no return because they waited too long and lost leverage/value.

ChaunceysBadAtPoker | Pistons

18 | an hour ago

Yeah, everyone saying that the FO doesn’t have to rush things seems to be forgetting the sway Giannis has in that org. Is Giannis going to be okay with wasting a season because the FO didn’t get the offer they wanted? If they try to shut him down and tank, do you think he’s going to be all right with that? If they make yet another desperation move as a last-ditch effort, what makes anyone think it’ll work better than their previous ones?

It feels like Horst has overplayed his hand at every turn, made huge bets that he really shouldn’t have, each one more reckless than the one before, and now all the bills are coming due. They’re just stalling at this point. Cut the cord. You did the thing, you got the chip, Giannis is forever the greatest Buck of all time. It’s okay for things to end.

North_Atlantic_Sea

4 | an hour ago

Since the Bucks won a title 4 years ago, they haven’t won a playoff series. A lot has been wasted, and with the current team + Lillard dead cap, how are they going to turn things around?

GeorgeHarris419 | Bucks

4 | an hour ago

This is not even true.

North_Atlantic_Sea

9 | an hour ago

Yeah, my bad. Title was 5 years ago, this year will be 4 straight without a playoff series win.

A wasted prime

GeorgeHarris419 | Bucks

5 | an hour ago

Winning a title in his prime is 100% not a waste

He also wasted a good bit of it himself by being hurt

North_Atlantic_Sea

5 | an hour ago

For a player of Giannis stature? He definitely should have won more than 1.

OrganicValley_ | Bucks

2 | an hour ago

That’s assuming Shams and Windhorst weren’t just circle jerking each other’s takes until everyone thought they were true.

Ok_Possible_5702

46 | 2 hours ago

That’s a risky bet.

If Giannis comes to believe that the Bucks were not acting in good faith, he could wait for June and then say “I will only sign an extension with team X, everyone else trading for me, know I’ll be a one-year rental”, and tank his trade value. Offers would probably be even lower than what the Bucks received these past few weeks.

Infinitismalism

16 | 2 hours ago

So either sell the franchise star for cheap or sell the franchise star for cheap

TorpedoSandwich | Lakers

11 | an hour ago

*Sell him for cheap now or sell him for next to nothing when he forces your hand. I know which one I’d pick. The Golden State offer was decent, the Bucks should have taken it.

divulgingwords | Thunder

1 | 25 minutes ago

lol, the golden state offer was terrible. Their management has basically nuked that roster outside of Steph, Jimmy, and draymond.

Dudedude88 | Wizards

10 | 2 hours ago

Giannis is also a competitor. He knows time is ticking

bikedork5000

2 | 2 hours ago

Teams know that stuff whether he comes out and says it or not.

BeHereNow91 | Bucks

1 | an hour ago

Windhorst?

bbrilowski | Bucks

1 | 30 minutes ago

This is what someone who has no idea the type of person giannis is and what the city of Milwaukee means to him would say

BrewsedSloth | Heat

10 | 2 hours ago

This horeshit mentality is also spoken on in the offseason: “we’ll just wait till February to make a move.”

chilbongi

2 | 2 hours ago

100%. Once the offseason starts they will then say we have to wait until all the newly players are eligible so after a certain date in December.

GeorgeHarris419 | Bucks

1 | an hour ago

Which…happens pretty regularly?

Main-Building7034 | 76ers

3 | 2 hours ago

Just waiting on what team gets Picks #1-3 and then see if there is a trade.

JMoon33 | NBA

1 | an hour ago

It’ll be interesting to see what the market will be this summer. Could be better, could be worse. Bucks better hope Giannis stays healthy until then.

tbloom117 | Nets

33 | 3 hours ago

It’s actually great work by Horst to get a gauge on offers to be able to truly shop him this summer. Similar to what Sean Marks did with KD in the summer and then traded him for a haul at the deadline

ConfectionOk7029 | Timberwolves

9 | 3 hours ago

I have a feeling it will only drive the price in the offseason up. This was almost like chumming the waters for the sharks, and then when they revisit this the front offices of the heavy hitters are going to be in a serious bidding war.

AllDayEnJay | Nets

6 | 2 hours ago

Teams also open up more Draft Capital in the Offseason since 2033 becomes eligible for Trades.

Heat because they owe a Protected 1st to Charlotte weren’t able to offer more than 2-1st’s because of Stepien Rule. In the Offseason it jumps to 3.

Knicks are in a similar situation where they go from 0-1st’s up to 2-1st’s since they would gain access to 2033-1st and use the Player Rights to their 2026 Draft Pick and essentially Draft for Milwaukee.

kb24k

9 | 2 hours ago

KD had 4 years on his contract. Giannis has 1

bta47 | Warriors

1 | an hour ago

I mean, maybe, but I think the Bucks already knew the asking price was “all the assets you have”. Maybe they were hoping someone could pry away those Milwaukee picks from Portland, that that’s impossible seems like the only piece of intel they really picked up.

OutlookNotGood | Heat

14 | 3 hours ago

Which I can’t blame them for. I’ll never fault a team for sticking with their franchise guy until the wheels fall off. Barring Giannis publicly stating he wants out and will leave in Free Agency. There are franchises that have never had a player as good as Giannis.

vibratokin

4 | 3 hours ago

“Trade him to us or we kill you”

Background_Case_9038 | Raptors

2 | 2 hours ago

That’s never coming

Oceanbreeze871 | Celtics

2 | 2 hours ago

NBA execs wanted a Luka deal for Giannis and are big mad their dollar store packages weren’t accepted.

divulgingwords | Thunder

1 | 21 minutes ago

The problem is that joker and maybe Shai are the only two guys who can carry any roster in the playoffs. Everybody else needs a lot of help so if you trade for giannis but nuke the rest of your roster’s future in the trade, it doesn’t improve your team (might be the opposite). The aprons have basically killed open free agency.

Oceanbreeze871 | Celtics

1 | 19 minutes ago

Yeah superstars aren’t gonna be able to be traded as we are already seeing.

The best option is an underachieving young team after a playoff bounce like a San Antonio make a godfather option of young talent and picks to level up

babysamissimasybab | Pacers

1 | an hour ago

It’s telling that they didn’t receive a godfather offer.

NeverSober1900 | Rockets

1 | an hour ago

This sound very similar to the whole Ketel Marte rumors in baseball a month or so ago. Best 2B in the league by a margin and Diamondbacks were taking offers.

Local people were saying he wouldn’t be traded. GM eventually said they were done listening to offers. Other teams leaked they thought the asking price was ridiculous.

solo118 | Knicks

303 | 3 hours ago

I can fully believe this, they did not seem serious

Over-Training-488

91 | 3 hours ago

Did you see the pupu platter offers fans were trying to say we’re good packages though, I mean come on.

Jacob_toasted | Timberwolves

78 | 3 hours ago

What are you talking about bro, Jaden McDaniels is basically KD if you squint

purplenyellowrose909 | Timberwolves

12 | 3 hours ago

He’s Kawhi, KD, and Naz Reid all rolled into one

horse_renoir13 | Timberwolves

7 | 3 hours ago

Two slim bois

Ok_Possible_5702

18 | 2 hours ago

What exactly do you expect to get for Giannis?

Like seriously, he’s still an MVP-caliber level player, but he’s been often injured, he’s on the wrong side of 30, and his game is likely to suffer considerably from aging.

Also, he’s only got 1.5 years until free agency, and the longer you wait, the less his trade value is since the other team does not know if they’ll be able to retain him.

Rapper_Laugh | Bucks

4 | an hour ago

“Often injured” is an interesting description of a guy who has played 60+ games every single year of his career

JMoon33 | NBA

3 | an hour ago

I mean, he misses playoffs games. He did in 2023, in 2021 and in 2020.

That’s problematic, and 32 years old bigs are generally struggling with injuries even when they didn’t have injury problems before.

I’d be worried trading for Giannis too because of his injury problems.

Rapper_Laugh | Bucks

5 | an hour ago

Are you seriously suggesting the timing of those minor injuries is anything other than coincidental and unfortunate?

Dromed91

3 | an hour ago

Bro if mikal bridges is worth 5+ FRPs giannis is worth more than the warriors sloppy seconds

dardicked | Heat

12 | an hour ago

well bridges wasnt worth 5 frp and bane wasnt worth 4 much like luka wasnt worth 1 and ad lmao

Rube18 | Timberwolves

2 | 36 minutes ago

He wasn’t. That was just a bad trade.

NeverSober1900 | Rockets

2 | an hour ago

I mean you said it you have 2 seasons of an MVP-caliber player. That should be worth a lot. Especially in the second apron era where it’s tough to keep a multi-year contender anyway.

DressedSpring1 | Raptors

15 | 2 hours ago

If you can’t get Giannis with Jonathan Kuminga and some hot pockets you have to wonder if the bucks are even trying to make a trade at all

WaltRumble | Thunder

4 | 2 hours ago

It’s always going to be a pupu platter though. None of the contenders are giving up their number 1 option for Giannis. Then with the cba no one wants to get rid of good players on rookie deals that are outperforming their salary

Rapper_Laugh | Bucks

3 | an hour ago

Then no deal will happen. Fine by me.

Adorable-Bike-9689

2 | 2 hours ago

Warriors tried to use the stuff used in the KP trade to get Giannis lmao

notmoleliza | Warriors

1 | 2 hours ago

put some respekt on a proper pupu platter

elbenji | MIA

1 | 2 hours ago

Eh, ours is fine if we add more picks

t3h_shammy | Cavaliers

1 | 2 hours ago

Cavs could have given two first rounders and Mobley I don’t think that’s horrific

bta47 | Warriors

1 | an hour ago

yeah Mobley+picks was the strongest offer on the table, especially if Portland was interested in getting Mobley at a discount for those Milwaukee picks. That’s a framework I can actually see happening if Cleveland doesn’t do anything in the playoffs again.

shortsteve | Lakers

1 | 2 hours ago

Hey man, Luka got traded. You never know…

NotAStatistic2 | Bucks

13 | 3 hours ago

“Why won’t Milwaukee trade their x2 MVP and 2nd best player in franchise history for middling to trash offers”?

elbenji | MIA

9 | 2 hours ago

It’s more that the price diminishes every month you wait

504090 | Thunder

3 | an hour ago

Not necessarily. Depending on how the postseason ends for certain teams, I could see them getting better offers in the offseason fairly easily. There just isn’t a lot of maneuverability for an in-season Giannis trade

elbenji | MIA

4 | an hour ago

But that’s again just going with the fallacy that those same deals will be there. Kinda like when a player bets on themselves

504090 | Thunder

2 | an hour ago

I’d imagine they don’t really care if the Dubs or Heat lose interest. To my mind the Wolves could’ve cobbled together the best package, but overall if I’m Milwaukee I don’t mind being patient & waiting until the offseason

NotAStatistic2 | Bucks

2 | 2 hours ago

Then it just diminishes. The worth of Giannis to Milwaukee is far more profound than the picks the Bucks could receive for him. His impact on the city is indelible as he’s the one who resuscitated basketball in Wisconsin.

I’m sure the sentimental value of having him there longer, is worth the cost of sentimentality being the reason for future despair.

elbenji | MIA

4 | an hour ago

I’m not arguing that it’s not understandable, but also a risk

GeorgeHarris419 | Bucks

1 | an hour ago

The offers specifically can get better in the off-season, this isn’t really true

elbenji | MIA

2 | an hour ago

They could also be better but from the same teams

junkspot91 | Bucks

3 | 2 hours ago

Yeah, hard to read this quote as anything other than sour grapes that teams weren’t able to acquire Giannis at a deep discount.

They listened to offers and found them lacking, as did basically everyone other than ESPN pundits trying fluff up the Warriors package.

NeverSober1900 | Rockets

1 | an hour ago

It really is wild how the media and large markets seem almost annoyed that small market teams aren’t willing to just give up their talent for nothing. Like they don’t deserve the player and should be grateful to get anything back

Diortheking | NBA

6 | 3 hours ago

I think the offers just weren’t good enough they would have moved him if someone offered like a VJ or mcdaniels

birdlawyer86

2 | 2 hours ago

Was so funny seeing how many people clowned on the Warriors for saying this yesterday and one day later everyone knew all along the Bucks were never serious.

Shingorillaz | Timberwolves

1 | 3 hours ago

From both sides honestly the team and Giannis

ihatedougford | Toronto Huskies

164 | 3 hours ago

Scams Charania

RapsareChamps_Suckit | Clippers

26 | 3 hours ago

You ever feel like nothing goods eva gonna happen to our teams

CapOk8116

10 | 3 hours ago

Yeah, and nothing did, so what?

EmbarrassedRing7806 | Lakers

8 | 3 hours ago

Every team has an arc

RapsareChamps_Suckit | Clippers

11 | 3 hours ago

where’s my arc, Lakers fan?

CapOk8116

6 | 3 hours ago

I must be loyle to my FO

FirstOne617 | Lakers

1 | an hour ago

Aspiration offices I think 🤣

refreshing_yogurt

1 | 2 hours ago

It’s kinda funny that you don’t actually have to change his name at all to make this joke

jetxlife

1 | 40 minutes ago

He got ESPN a bunch of clicks and had them talking about a trade for weeks. He crushed it

Electronic_Pea_4845

159 | 3 hours ago

This is exactly how Luka trade should have progressed. False urgency is one of the biggest reasons bad decisions

Nickelnick24 | Bucks

54 | 3 hours ago

Legitimately may be why fans are so ready to throw out dog shit offers and call them gold. The Luka trade fried everyone’s expectation for what a star trade takes to work. They are usually huge deals with a lot of moving parts, and those things are hard to do mid season.

Level_Host99

1 | an hour ago

No it didn’t. If the Luka trade really changed people’s trade package expectations, then it wouldn’t have been clowned as much as it did

Afraid-Department-35 | Mavericks

23 | 3 hours ago

Well the Luka trade was done in secret. No one outside of Pelinka, Nico and the owners knew that shit was cooking. Nico didn’t even gauge any other teams, dude was hyper fixated on AD and a hatred towards Luka.

BaronvonJobi | Grizzlies

10 | 2 hours ago

I’m just imagining the conversation after he had it in place. ‘Hey Jason we’re getting AD’ ‘Oh man he’s going to look so good next to Luka’ Curb music plays

Dudedude88 | Wizards

4 | 2 hours ago

I wonder what kidd really thinks cause he ended up ghosting Luka.

Nugur

3 | 2 hours ago

We all know Danny would have 100% declined that second round pick in the Luka trade had he known it was for Luka

He would have offered every pick they had for Luka

Dudedude88 | Wizards

1 | 2 hours ago

I remember some teams social media feed was like… “We would have been interested…” TheN several other teams tweeted a similar response.

messigoat1337 | Germany

1 | 2 hours ago

Nico and Kidd would have been instantly fired if it was made public that they are looking to trade luka

killbill469 | Mavericks

5 | 2 hours ago

If we found out Luka was on the trading block - the entire fanbase would’ve rovoulted.

Successful-Sky4411

3 | 2 hours ago

Sadly, this kind of explains why Nico did do the trade in secret.

It’s hard to trade stars in this league for equal value. You can’t do picks because that team now has your star and you can’t that do good young players because said team needs those players around the star.

The mavs were never get good enough package for Luka.

Giannis may never get traded

Poopcie

4 | 2 hours ago

The subtext is also that they didn’t think he was a winning player. The mavs trade is a false equivalency. The bucks aren’t tired of dealing with Giannis and would gladly give him a maximum extension

A_MASSIVE_PERVERT | Mavericks

122 | 3 hours ago

ARREST SCAMS

EmbarrassedRing7806 | Lakers

42 | 3 hours ago

Nico Harrison

Shams Charania

Deni Avdija

RoyalOakPiguet

20 | 3 hours ago

Nightmare blunt rotation

wombatpup55 | Spurs

2 | 3 hours ago

IMMEDIATELY

-THEUTMOST

49 | 3 hours ago

Shams gets a F- for this deadline BRING BACK WOJ

scorpio21 | Bulls

17 | 3 hours ago

Shams should not be called a reporter, he’s just a mouthpiece for certain FOs and agents

UncircumcisedWookiee | Bucks

3 | an hour ago

Reminds me of the reporter from South Park.

Mitch the News Reporter: We’re not sure what exactly is going on inside the town of Beaverton, Tom, but we’re reporting that there’s looting, raping, and yes, even acts of cannibalism.

Tom Pusslicker: My God, you’ve actually seen people looting, raping and eating each other?

Mitch the News Reporter: No, no, we haven’t actually seen it, Tom, we’re just reporting it.

GeorgeHarris419 | Bucks

1 | an hour ago

He’s literally a reporter. He’s just not an investigation/commentary guy.

LookyPeter | Lakers

1 | an hour ago

would you rather he have spies in organization and leak info

BucksFan654 | Bucks

35 | 3 hours ago

That one executive? Mike Dunleavy

Silken_Splendor | Warriors

3 | 3 hours ago

Jilted ex levels

Rahnamatta | Heat

2 | 3 hours ago

Frank Stallone

Visible-Chest-9386

1 | 2 hours ago

Turd Ferguson

OverallGeneral7129 | Cavaliers

19 | 3 hours ago

This feels like an excuse for not getting the deal done

Happycappybara21

1 | an hour ago

Giannis also never really demanded out

PlatosLeftTit | Heat

23 | 3 hours ago

Sucks for my team but I’d do the same thing if I was the Milwaukee GM.

You can potentially get an Amen,Castle or a Jalen Williams with picks in the summer if any of that Spurs/Rockets/Thunder trio decide they need Giannis. Much better young prospects than what was in the Miami/Wolves/Warrior’s offers.

elbenji | MIA

4 | 2 hours ago

Yep. Can’t hate it. Pull a thunder

Rithgarth | MKE

15 | 3 hours ago

“WHY WONT THEY TRADE GIANNIS FOR POCKET LINT”

thy_armageddon | Knicks

10 | 3 hours ago

Brother most teams are physically incapable of going beyond four 1sts. The Paul George thing is never happening again.

SquimJim | Celtics

12 | 3 hours ago

Been saying it throughout this sage: it makes way more sense for them to wait until the off-season

Just being able to get a 2033 1st from any team they trade with is worth waiting

People didn’t like to hear that and now people are acting surprised that the Bucks did what was best for them

Not_A_Bot_Am_Human | Spurs

7 | 2 hours ago

You’re also getting one less year of Giannis in the playoffs when he’s in his 30s. And you’re trading for him on a one year deal, meaning he’ll be in a position to pick his destination. Which we’ve seen time and time again is when star players get sold for a fraction of their value.

FKJVMMP | MIL

1 | 28 minutes ago

As opposed to the full value offers we were hearing about at the deadline?

Slashers23 | Mavericks

10 | 3 hours ago

The media was super serious about it though

ffball | NBA

7 | 3 hours ago

Scams just trying to get some hype around Giannis to barter PT in the celeb game

Lucky13200 | Celtics

6 | 3 hours ago

None of the packages I heard offered were really worth it. They were going to suck with no control of their own picks and get back picks that were probably going to suck. The only one that made sense was Portland but supposedly Giannis refused that not the Bucks.

jackywkh | Mavericks

5 | 3 hours ago

they will regret it

kazmir_yeet | Trail Blazers

4 | 3 hours ago

i hate three habanero peppers yesterday and now I gotta take a painful shit, any advice yall?

J_Otherwise

2 | 3 hours ago

well since you hate them, they’ll hate you back

i hate three habanero peppers yesterday and now I gotta take a painful shit, any advice yall?

elbenji | MIA

2 | 2 hours ago

Milk

kazmir_yeet | Trail Blazers

1 | 2 hours ago

You are 15 minutes too late my brother

Substantial_Future84

6 | 3 hours ago

Disappointing but at least we’re not holding our breaths anymore

DaBusDriva2 | Lakers

4 | 3 hours ago

They are very serious and loading up to sway him. Just got Nick Richards and a guy who was out of the league for 7 years.

The_Skyro

4 | 3 hours ago

They can trade 1 first now but 3 in the summer reported over and over again sooo….

Repulsive-Throat5068 | Lakers

6 | 3 hours ago

“One team executive” AKA salty FO who didnt land him lol

elbenji | MIA

2 | 2 hours ago

Dunleavy

spidersilva09 | NBA

5 | 3 hours ago

Because they wouldn’t take Bob the janitor and some used pencils from Golden State?

0dias_Chrysalis | Bucks

3 | 3 hours ago

Shame is a Sham as deserves to be drawn and quartered for his nonsense

Niceguydan8

3 | 3 hours ago

If Giannis really wanted out, this whole media waffling that he’s done over the last few days is not how to get that done.

Broke_Banker01 | Bucks

3 | 2 hours ago

MIL was serious about trading him for an overpay.

Teams were calling with doncic offers and shocked when Horst blocked their number.

elbenji | MIA

3 | 2 hours ago

Eh there were a couple ok ones. The problem is always gonna be the market is gonna be the market. If no one is offering a PG offer, it won’t happen

vinceswish

4 | an hour ago

I blame teams presenting trash as a serious offer.

Southern_Owl_5442 | Celtics

2 | 3 hours ago

Shams in sham(bles)

mooney2j | Pacers

4 | 3 hours ago

What exactly makes Fischer reputable, by the way? Has he broken any news?

Exciting_Bar_4422

2 | 3 hours ago

Yeah, he has. He was all over the idea of Brandon Ingram getting traded to the Raptors. He also writes on Marc Stein’s Substack twice a week. He’s legit.

wombatpup55 | Spurs

3 | 3 hours ago

Woj would have never posted the stupid shit that Shams has been posting. Fuck man we need WOJ BACK… WOJ BOMBS

lifelonglurker81

3 | 3 hours ago

Appreciate you Shams.🫡 Hope you get all NBA Reddit just as amped up in the summer when you start posting the same shit.

ElevenXX1 | Wizards

3 | 3 hours ago

They were never serious? Or the offers were never serious ?

Fun-Explanation1

3 | 3 hours ago

Just a little content generation drama to get clicks

1998TimThomas | Bucks

3 | 3 hours ago

The offers were never serious

Above-The-Rim | France

3 | 3 hours ago

Sounds like a bitter executive who’s mad they didn’t want the shit offers on the table

cl353 | Heat

5 | 3 hours ago

giannis just posted a “proceed with caution” insta post lol. wtf does that mean?

Majestic_Reindeer439

2 | 2 hours ago

Could be his way of saying “Horst, don’t fuck up this offseason or I’m gonna throw a fit and ask out for realsies.”

snoogans8056 | Bucks

2 | an hour ago

He’s gonna make Shams ride the bench for the entire celebrity game.

SadatayAllDamnDay | Mavericks

3 | 3 hours ago

It’s because the cleanest way to move Giannis is gonna be in the summer and the winner will be whatever team can open up the most cap space and picks to make it happen.

Bigdadyk

1 | 2 hours ago

As long as GA plays ball and is willing to extend with whatever team trades for him instead of saying i am only extending with Team X

Lstark5642 | Thunder

4 | 3 hours ago

We’re at a point with giannis where people legitimately don’t understand why Podz and Kuminga aren’t good enough to be the center pieces of a trade. I hope Milwaukee gets a godfather offer in the summer.

beforeitcloy | SAC

3 | 2 hours ago

I love how it’s the Bucks fault for not being “serious” about trading Giannis. Why in the world would they be? The guy is still MVP caliber, absolutely beloved by the fans.

Maybe it’s time for the media, other franchises, and online nephews to get “serious” and stop being so horny to believe that when the franchise GOAT pushes the franchise to make improvements it doesn’t mean that he’s actually leaving. This has to be like the 7th year in a row morons have fallen for it. **GIANNIS WANTS TO RETIRE AS A BUCK.**

CutLonzosHair2017 | LAL

2 | 3 hours ago

More picks in the summer.

No_Pitch5210

3 | 3 hours ago

“They didn’t want to take my shitty offer”

ohboy360

2 | 3 hours ago

I agree. The teams trying to get Giannis were never serious.

“Here, you can have the 27th pick 3 years in a row!”

“Here, take this 22 year old. We promise he’s a future superstar! We never actually play him, but we promise he’s super good.”

NotMarkDaigneault | Thunder

2 | 3 hours ago

They probably wanted some insane haul with 15 FRP or something.

elbenji | MIA

3 | 2 hours ago

They def wanted the PG deal

normal-dolphin

2 | 3 hours ago

Of course they weren’t serious they will get better offers in the summer

xperitosanti

2 | 3 hours ago

The offers were never serious

Unless OKC ATL or spurs are calling nothing else was worth it

Guardsred70

2 | 3 hours ago

It just makes more sense to wait for the off-season. Let the lottery happen. See who has which picks. See which team bombs out in the playoffs and needs a refresh. Let expiring contracts expire and let extensions be offered or not…..and accepted or not.

Plus…..the man is in his early 30s and has been hurt a lot recently and this calf thing is concerning. I mean, you wanna go all in and trade a bunch of unprotecteds for a guy who tears his Achilles in Round 1? I’d like to see him run around and jump for a few weeks.

TheCrazedFlasher

2 | 3 hours ago

Sham Charania

AleroRatking | Vancouver Grizzlies

2 | 2 hours ago

He is a top five talent. History says that should be like five firsts and more.

The offers that we’ve seen have been a joke

trinquin | Bucks

2 | 2 hours ago

The only offers were a bunch of bad players and mediocre to bad picks or a mid players and couple of picks.

Neither of those even worth half of Giannis value. Apron rules dont diminish value of players for trades. You either pay up or fuck off.

OKC vs Spurs goes badly, maybe they send the house in the off season. Both teams lowest starting offers for Giannis that were loosely dicussed are better than any of the other offers that have been pushed lmao.

devereaux | Bucks

2 | 2 hours ago

More like the teams offering trash in return were never serious

rolo9917

2 | an hour ago

None of the offers seemed good for your best player ever. Timberwolves would’ve been enticing but not if Portland didn’t want to be involved. As a Portland homer I feel like we had a better offer involving picks prob not players

Swoah | BRK

2 | an hour ago

Can’t wait for our next round of Giannis trade rumors that go nowhere in the summer.

shiny1117

2 | an hour ago

ESPN got worked. Or maybe they were doing the working, getting clicks from us out of nothing.

devinstated1

2 | an hour ago

Ahhh yes it’s the Bucks fault that other teams offered absolute garbage that they didn’t want to take for their superstar. Great reporting!

SuperRedditLand | MIL

1 | 3 hours ago

Sour grapes

SnGk1 | Timberwolves

1 | 3 hours ago

Is this one of the most boring trade deadlines ever?

Penguinho

2 | 3 hours ago

No? James Harden and Anthony Davis both got traded.

SnGk1 | Timberwolves

1 | 3 hours ago

True. Maybe I just got too focused on the Giannis trade.

Majestic_Reindeer439

1 | 3 hours ago

You may be biased here

hydrators | Bulls

1 | 3 hours ago

Just laugh at us like everyone else

Raven-19x | Spurs

1 | 2 hours ago

Missing a Bulls-Kings deck chairs swap trade.

elbenji | MIA

1 | 2 hours ago

Nah it just doesn’t compare to last year

twelve026 | Bucks

1 | 3 hours ago

This is why WOJ is goated. Shams gets caught up in breaking the big trade and it hurts his credibility. He has been hell bent on this all year.

Nabanako111

1 | 3 hours ago

I see a long beautiful partnership between Doc Rivers and Giannis

Ok-Grade1476

1 | 3 hours ago

I think they were serious at the level that if Nico offered Luka then they would do it kinda thing. But that’s not a realistic offer.

JustAHorseWithNoName | Celtics

1 | 3 hours ago

Now that they’ve decided they aren’t going to move him they’re going to walk back and act like they were never actually going to move him.

OralFixation4567

1 | 3 hours ago

Funny, the Knicks said this after the “exclusive negotiating window” and yall clowned them for not getting a deal done

KnightlyDolphins

1 | 3 hours ago

The Bucks as an organization are unserious so this tracks

devinstated1

1 | an hour ago

So unserious that they traded for Dame 2 years ago, then waived and stretched him so they could sign Turner this off-season. Yup totally unserious. Especially considering they had the NBA’s best record just 3 seasons ago and just 2 years ago were the 3 seed but yea totally unserious indeed. What a clown take.

desirox | Mavericks

1 | 3 hours ago

Ngl, this was a Rough deadline for Shams

jboarei | POR

2 | 2 hours ago

His whole run at ESPN hasn’t been good IMO. Woj was always better.

devinstated1

1 | an hour ago

It’s been a rough 5 years. Dude has been proclaiming that Giannis is going to get traded for the last 5+ years now.

1000Isand1 | Timberwolves

1 | 3 hours ago

That was definitely Pat Riley

D3struct_oh | Rockets

1 | 3 hours ago

Fart Noise

MostlyMellow123 | Kings

1 | 3 hours ago

They had giannis on the phone disguising his voice

LittleTension8765 | Lakers

1 | 2 hours ago

Great way to get nothing of benefit while ruining your long-term relationship your top two GOAT of the Bucks.

TwoWayMarko | Nuggets

1 | 2 hours ago

Is every GM now expecting to get a superstar for free like the Lakers did?

3rdtryatremembering | Nuggets

1 | 2 hours ago

The bucks are basically Michael Scott during the yard sale.

Blowback_

1 | 2 hours ago

So, they basically wanted a Nico type of deal. Sorry, Milwaukee, that was a ¹⁄₁ deal the NBA will never see again.

CindiCindi15 | Bucks

2 | 2 hours ago

Or, maybe, he never really wanted a trade? 😮

OriginalFluff | Timberwolves

1 | an hour ago

So what, he doesn’t play rest of the season and loses a year at his age? Genius

OPisacigar | Bucks

1 | an hour ago

I’m picturing Horst on the phone with GMs playing slide whistle and ooga horn sound effects.

devinstated1

1 | an hour ago

When roleplayers Like Holiday, Gobert, Bridges and Bane all go for 5 first round picks why the fuck would the Bucks trade a top 3 player in the NBA for a couple trash ass role players and 4 long dated 1sts??? Tell me how that would make sense to anyone?

devomke | Hornets

1 | 13 minutes ago

You don’t say - wow it’s almost like they could have always gotten a better offer in the offseason.

Clickbait was running wild this week.

TheMuffingtonPost

1 | 12 minutes ago

I mean, the offers that seemed to be on the table were also not all that great, at least not so great that it couldn’t wait until the summer. This is Giannis we’re talking about, the return for him has to be pretty high.

[Fischer] “They were never serious,” said one team executive who was discussing a Giannis Antetokounmpo trade with Milwaukee.