This has been going on for three years lol. Giannis even pulled the fake trade request thing back in 2020 to get the bucks to trade for Jrue Holiday.

was the AD trade milked that much?

The Dwightmare in Orlando was as painfully cringe as this Giannis saga.

And at least that story actually resulted in a championship for the team AD went to. I doubt the eventual Giannis trade will be that meaningful in the scope of the league.

This is lasting much longer than the AD saga

Dame was also a multiyear dicktease and also had the extra annoying angle of “guy who thinks anyone gives a shit about their ‘loyalty’ is making this way fucking harder than it needs to be and is thoroughly embarrassing themself in the process”

I have nipples, Greg, could you milk me?

At least with AD there wasn’t the constant denial of it. He wanted out and let every single person possible know.

Shams was(is?) paid by FanDuel so already directly profits off of speculation markets that he can manufacture entirely by himself.

People are quick to question Shams reporting but it seems pretty obvious that Giannis does want out and is actively feeding into the rumors. He’s just passive aggressive about it.

The annual “we almost did something” leak for the heat, then they end up doing nothing. Same time next year

The Miami Herro package might’ve passed Tristan Thompson, Shump and the Brooklyn pick in the trade lore power rankings

Fr man, like do they think they’ll see a better deal than that? Maybe but like damn dude that’s a solid offer. Even back then seemed like it would’ve been worth it to just turn the page, begin the rebuild and get rid of the Giannis headache

Is there any reason to think the exact same offer won’t be available in the summer? Giannis has always loved Miami

No it wasn’t. It was widely reported the heat could only offer two picks at the deadline but would be able to offer four in the offseason, and we were waiting for that.

We at least got some new stuff in that article that’s pretty entertaining. They had a team meeting and Kuzma basically said fuck what the coaches are talkin about let’s go ball and it got out and they benched him lmaoo. Also Giannis lost a “significant bonus” in his Nike deal that would’ve triggered at 41 games played

I think everyone involved fucked this

I’m not saying they didn’t, but I think the Bucks will survive if they don’t get Tyler Herro and Kelel Ware as the headliners in a Giannis trade.

Also, it is just a lot easier to make trades in the offseason than it is at the deadline when you are trading a superstar. Teams make rushed decisions and fewer teams are able to make true offers due to salary and pick constraints

Ehh bucks did the right thing waiting till the offseason as their would be more desperate teams disappointed with their seasons. Giannis acting like a complete fool and throwing them under the bus probably wasnt a scenario anyone saw.

And honestly had a down year so even contract extension stuff aside, I don’t personally think the haul will be what it could have been

They are gonna get a Luka type package IMO.

Why would the heat package not still be available this summer? The only reason it wouldn’t is if giannis said he wouldn’t sign with Miami, but he’s always loved Miami so I don’t foresee that

It’s pretty obvious that this was a wasted year but I can’t say I blame the FO for not wanting to part with the franchise GOAT.

Bucks can easily say “I’m not trading him unless I get a package I feel is fair” and threaten to waste another year of his career.

That’s why the Toronto Raptors have never won an NBA championship and why Jimmy Butler is finishing up his 8th successful season as a Philadelphia 76er.

TF you talking about???

That bitch ass pussy cant even ask out properly cause he needs to he seen as a good boy and youre suggesting he goes scorched earth lmao

Funniest shit?  It has been reported that Dallas did call the Bucks and they hanged before they could say Luka would be in the trade.

They probably want a young player to build with like a Mobley, Paolo/Franz, Sengun/Thompson, etc., you not really doing much with Herro and Ware, picks are cool but much rather get the young player to build with and some additional stuff. There is a real shot they can get offered some of those players listed in a deal after this season.

A deal this summer would require different matching cause guys like Rozier or Norm not being here. It‘ll cost more young guys just to match, doubt Miami really wants to do that. Or Miami has more picks, available but if more young guys are in to match, it’s probably less picks. Doesn’t seem realistic for Miami to give even more young guys, more picks, for a year less of Giannis.

That offer is not on the table anymore 

Heat can’t even offer that anymore. It needed the Rozier contract to match salaries, which was a double dip for the bucks as they were looking for expirings to fix their salary cap.

So now Heat would need to give Wiggins, which is an important piece if they want to contenders and reportedly worth a first himself. 

To make matters worse, the trade them was for a immediate shot at a title in a season they could offer Giannis done rest and both Pacers and Celtics were with their star out, which is not the case for next season. 

So by waiting 6 months the trade gets significantly worse. Bucks now has to hope a team like the Spurs or the Rockets decides to do a desperation move or they’re settling for a worse offer.

Salary no long is easy to work out, so if the Heat are interested, the package is going to get worse.

Golden State offer might have been better in the Bucks situation honestly. This team isn’t going to be competitive for a decade after they trade Giannis regardless and at least those could be top picks.

Sure but why would Portland even be interested? Bucks are about to get worse if they trade Giannis…

Ware got more minutes than his peers, including Bam, at the same career year. Spo very clearly sees potential in him and was sitting Ware when he was making headbutt mistakes, not for a potential trade.

I think Joe has a chance to be pretty good

There is no ‘keep’ the Bucks competitive, the Bucks have not been competitive this season, and the player to get them there certainly would not have been Tyler Herro please don’t be ridiculous.

We will be getting hit pieces for a while, I think. Giannis is feeding generations 

They will find someone else to talk about

Just saying a bunch of words to cope.

Trading a superstar play, even on a max is hard for sure. Not shopping a superstar player tho? Thats fucking idiotic

Giannis fixes some issues for this current roster, but once you trade away the players to make the salary work, would the Heat even be a top 3 team in the East? Doubt it.

Would gut our team too. Reality is getting giannis to miami doesn’t make us a contender so why bother when his body is already breaking down. We need a rebuild

Well now they’re getting a worse one

Issue with the bucks is they don’t have much leverage even at the deadline

Yeh the guy who almost just had a TD with blocks is a “bad player”