Giannis and our shooting would fit real well. But it also puts the ball in his hands a lot and prioritizes him driving the lane. So one of JB or JT becomes diminished (one is probably traded to make this happen)

Giannis is best with the ball in his hands when he’s a constant threat to drive and dish it out to a shooter. It can work, but they have two really good ball handlers already. I don’t think they need to spend big on a player like Giannis.

Well, two things.

One - they can easily use Giannis more like Queta on steroids. And as Boston has clearly shown this season, they already have plenty of shooting to make a high octane offense work around Queta’s shooting limitations.

Two - Giannis is such a severe threat to drive from the perimeter, that teams have to watch that threat closely. So you can still run 5-out sets even with him not being a threat to rain 3’s.

I’ll add one 3rd wildcard - Giannis is going to have to develop a 3-ball if he wants his career to age gracefully. Much like Boston turned late career Al Horford into a capable 40% 3-point shooter, it’s not the craziest idea that they could do something similar with Giannis.

Yeah, but its like the same way Kawhi would make any team better

The questions around Giannis arent on the court, its wether he can stay healthy and not pout

And he makes too much money and would hurt out team because we have to jettison out all our role players. This isn’t 10 years ago where the cap was fake and you could roll with a big 3 all on mega deals.

That would be such a dominant front court but can Giannis stay healthy? We all saw how Shaq fell off once the injuries piled up.

Unless someone loses a championship. This year is a weirdly ‘open’ year.

all a question of price though - if it’s as low as Fox and a 1st, would have to think San Antonio leaps at that.

similarly as much as I love this team as constructed if the asking price is just iHart/Dort and some draft capital? they’d be irresponsible not to at least get into the conversation.

for either to be serious about it though it would likely take a pretty major playoff disappointment.

Still need to have the conversation though. If we get bounced in the WCF and they call us asking to trade Giannis for Chet there’s a conversation to be had. These levels of teams actually have value in their players and contracts, not just draft picks.

If you guys somehow get swept by the still improving Spurs, you might decide you need to make a change.

not just chemistry, Giannis is gonna be like 32 and his entire game is based on athleticism. he’s not going to age incredibly well unless he just stays super athletic, which i guess is possible

Boston is always good but saying the East is “basically Boston’s these days” makes zero sense. They’re not the Lebron Cavs going to the Finals every year.

As a Pistons fan, can we just have the East for this one year pwetty pwease?

The Celtics fans in here dismissing the fact that this would be a trade worth considering (if put on the table) are insane

I probably wouldn’t take the deal (I think the core is great as it is and Giannis has had recent injury issues that make me phobic of giving up a ton for him), but Giannis is a two-time MVP with DPOY-level defense who would also have the benefit of not needing to shoulder the offensive load by himself for the first time in his career, which has the potential to be incredible.

This whole discussion is moot anyways because there’s no way the Bucks would accept that package

I could understand it but I still wouldn’t do it

Makes no sense for the bucks. Brown is only 2 years younger. He’s almost 30. They’d just be trying to turn around and trade him for picks like they should be doing with Giannis

The FMVP?

We didn’t give up a much worse Brown for close to prime Harden, it’s not gonna happen.

FUCK NO we as fans DO NOT WANT THIS

Lol no

I didn’t say it was smart lol. I was just questioning why the op thought that wouldn’t be one of the best offers for Giannis

The rationale (I would guess) for that offer would be that Brad Stevens feels confident in the players they’ve drafted/are going to draft like Jordan Walsh, Hugo Gonzalez, Baylor Schireman, Ron Harper Jr., etc. to fill in the gaps.

Not saying it’s smart, but if there’s anyone in the league I trust to build a deep team around 3 max guys it’s Brad Stevens.

He played last year?

Literally 3 of the top 20ish contracts in the league for one that will probably end up being one of the worst in 3 years. Not to say I wouldnt like to have Giannis but theres just no way its worth it.

The amount of filler on the bottom half of the roster would be crazy - no basically the entire roster outside of them lol

maybe win a Championship in the next 5 years and then have another 5 or more of mediocrity

So a scenario that at least 27 out of the 30 teams would be absolutely thrilled with? Half the NBA hasn’t even made it to their own conference finals in the last decade.

Thunder, Spurs, and Celtics being the only 3 teams that might thumb their noses at that given their current situations.

I agree. I think everyone is going to be talking to the Bucks, but many teams are going to be unwilling to give up what the Bucks are going to be looking for.

For example, any trade package from the Hawks would have to start with Jalen. But that’s not a trade that the Hawks would be interested in.

Yeah I mean moving on from both and having an Edwards-Giannis core is really solid, and I think you’re going to get diminishing returns on those two after this season anyway.

Get an additional shooting big with Naz Reid and find a point guard (obviously both easier said than done) and you’ve got something going there

When was the last time Giannis was healthy in the playoffs??

Bro has had dozens of knee and calf injuries since 2022. What makes you think he’ll suddenly be avaible? especially at 32

He also relies heavily on athleticism and is beginning to reach the age that’s “old” for an athlete

31 for Giannis is like 35 for Jaylen Brown given his body and play style.

And short of Tatum’s achilles tear, the Jays have been as healthy and reliable as it gets in this league. Meanwhile the Giannis injuries have been piling up and dude has been limping into the postseason the last few years.

Old is maybe wrong but the injuries are starting to stack up, he is never legit never healthy in the playoffs

Tatum and Brown have way more playoff success than Giannis. Giannis is a regular first round exit even during his prime, even in the East. He has only won a whopping four playoff series in 11 seasons outside of the championship year 🤣. He’s just a better regular season guy.

he’s injury prone for sure, frankly i think the reason we constantly see trade “rumors” but never a trade for Giannis is because GMs have come to realize he just ain’t worth it at this point

No one doubts Giannis is better, but who would you trust to be on the floor for a deep playoff run? Sometimes a player becomes so unreliable in terms of availability, you’d rather have the less talented but more available player

I agree that the Celtics shouldn’t/ wouldn’t do the trade but it’s funny to use Giannis’ calf issues as a reason when Tatum just tore his Achilles.