Gotta keep the narratives flowing, it’s how these guys keep their jobs

The NBA media ecosystem cannot survive without a disgruntled star to discuss hypothetical trades for

I mean they’re usually right lol

this stuff doesn’t come out of thin air, Windy is reporting what he’s heard from agents and in nba circles, there isn’t some grand conspiracy here

One is all fake and done for clicks. Two if it’s real, I kinda understand. The way players move around now, the window to win close real fast.

Either way, we’ll be getting this shit until the season starts. Another 4 months to go

“The narrative” around Giannis was proven right and yet everyone in here sounds confident this is just another made up story. Is it really so hard to believe superstars don’t want to play for middling teams that have no direction?

• Jaylen Brown
• Ant

Who’s next?

I mean the 3 best Wolves of all time sans Edwards got traded and immediately won championships lol

You don’t think we’re well versed in this? lol

It’s just talking heads needing something to fill a show

Waiting for the “Wemby wants more support, or he will demand a trade” talk to pick up like last offseason.

Eh, it’s not the same. Giannis won y’all a chip, and in memorable fashion by playing through what appeared to be a horrific hyperextension of his knee, humbling the front runners (I’m addicted to this shit - CP, guy counting money with Giannis at the FT line), and overcoming his biggest weakness: Making clutch freethrows to ice the game.

Ant hasn’t accomplished anything for the Wolves and they have a history of their players leaving them to win it all for a different team.

The difference is that Anthony Edwards is autistic enough to just blurt out that he wants traded at a presser vs. Giannis investing in an unethical gambling platform to cultivate trade rumors and enrich himself.

But yeah, the NBA gossip rags are def circling wolves.

NO SUPERSTARS ARE ALLOWED IN THE MIDWEST 🙅‍♂️🙅‍♂️🙅‍♂️

Windhorst: “well of course I know the vulture. He’s me”

They’ve been targeting him ever since he signed his most recent extension

There were legitimately articles that same offseason saying he has to get out of Minnesota

Thought for sure it’d be Jokic next

Wemby won’t have that narrative for awhile they drafted way too well

I loved Garrett, one of my favorite players ever

Shout out to maple jordan

Jeff Teague erasure

Quick. Let me fire up the Trade Machines to get a working deal based on Paul George for ANT.

And that’s just in the nba

what about butler?

I mean, it’s not wrong though. KAT is basically his brother. They bonded very strongly cause of them both losing their mothers, and both having an older sister that they treat like a 2nd mother.

Imagine losing that connection, and then finding out you’re still not getting more help to make it worth it. I don’t think Ant even has one foot out the door yet, but a good GM is going to start cooking some good smelling shit right outside his window now if they are smart.

I have never once thought ANT of all people would go “Man fuck this place, I’m out” Bro probably frustrated with the CBA that they had to let KAT go rather than being frustrated about Minny.

Lol why do you think it’s just them picking on small markets? Y’all said the same thing about Giannias and shams for years and turns out it’s true Giannias jsut didn’t want to be the bad guy and say it out loud

After victory in Milwaukee, they all packed up in a van to drive over to Minneapolis

Is Windy wrong?

Tuba noises at each wing flap

and the nba as the balls to tell us they care about small market teams.

You had to know the narratives were coming after Giannis finally got traded. It’ll only stop once Ant wins or gets traded, then they will switch to another superstar who hasn’t won yet. Gotta generate those clicks somehow.

Unfortunately a lot of the moves seem to have been the wrong ones. I appreciate being aggressive but it becomes a bad strategy if those moves rarely pay off.

Who knows if there’s any validity to these rumors but it’s time for Tim to lock in instead of throwing shit at the wall.

Idk how dumping Randle is being viewed as a negative, he very clearly was not taking the double team pressure off of an injured Ant in the postseason just this year, were we supposed to keep him on the team so that Ant would stop getting double teamed? Maybe that’s how Ant views it, but I sincerely doubt that Windy has the inside track with Ant. Much more likely: their  producers just spent 5 minutes coming up with another superstar name to throw out for engagement now that the well of Giannis is dry. 

He is from Georgia after all

Man, imagine ANT and Jaylen Brown ending up in Atlanta?

Let’s check back in 2 years from now

Giannis went for the Heat’s last 3 first round picks, 3 future first round picks, a FRP swap and their second best player. I think at some point it’s not what a player is worth but what any team can offer.

Breaking: San Antonio Spurs are trading De’Aaron Fox to Minnesota Timberwolves in a direct swap for Anthony Edwards.

Absolute pipe dream but outside of Scottie I can’t imagine we wouldn’t give them everything we have.

CMB, Ingram, Shead, salary plus all the picks possible. With Ant and Scottie you can figure the rest out they would complement eachother perfectly.

*would

I’d sign up for 5 years of it right now since it means he stays that long

That podcast specifically always hates the wolves. They picked them to lose every playoff series they’ve been in the last three years and all though Denver would beat them in four or five just this April.

I agree with your message but Dallas is a huge media market

Silver does nothing to protect small market teams while simultaneously forcing “parity” via whatever the hell the draft lottery has turned into and the 2nd apron nonsense.

The league was better when the big markets signed superstars and the small markets tanked to draft superstars. Every team had a path to compete. Now if you don’t have a superstar it’s just try to make the play in and pray the ping pong balls fall your way.

im still not sure what happened in 2024

Come to think of it, theres parallels to the Spurs losing in 5 after a grueling series right before. Ant mentioned fatigue/conditioning being an issue after that series too i think

not true at all really. we’ve had lots of stars sign second contracts or more