The Warriors have been the most aggressive team in the Giannis Antetokounmpo sweepstakes, league sources tell Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints.
Siegel states that owner Joe Lacob and general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. agree that no player other than Stephen Curry is off limits in a potential trade for the Bucks star. Siegel adds that Antetokounmpo is the Warriors’ sole focus in their search for a roster upgrade before the trade deadline. If a deal can’t be reached by Thursday, they plan to keep their most valuable assets and try again to land Antetokounmpo this summer.
Sources also tell Siegel that the Bucks haven’t turned down the Warriors’ latest offer. He describes general manager Jon Horst and Milwaukee’s front office as “fascinated” with the chance to acquire a large parcel of Golden State’s future assets. However, the Bucks’ leadership is taking its time in reaching a decision, which isn’t expected until the final 24 hours before the deadline.
Siegel adds that if Antetokounmpo finishes out the season with the Bucks, it becomes far less likely that Jonathan Kuminga will be dealt before the deadline. Golden State holds a $24.3MM option on Kuminga for 2026/27 and he could be a valuable asset to keep for the offseason.
Siegel hears that the Warriors also have some level of interest in Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. and Pelicans wing Trey Murphy III, but they aren’t considered likely to trade for either player this week. Despite a slew of trade rumors, Siegel is skeptical that either player will be dealt prior to the deadline.
There’s an increasing chance that Draymond Green rather than Jimmy Butler might be part of an Antetokounmpo deal, Siegel writes, echoing recent reporting. He checked with sources close to trade talks over the weekend and states that he didn’t get an “emphatic no” about Green’s possible inclusion. A rival executive suggested Green could be agreeable to that scenario while planning to turn down his $27.6MM player option for next season and return to a much stronger Warriors team in free agency.
“Look, without Jimmy, the Warriors aren’t getting to the NBA Finals, even if they added Giannis right now,” the executive told Siegel. “If you leverage Draymond and get more assets, you can pull off the biggest blockbuster and leave these other teams wanting Giannis scrambling for answers. There is no doubt in my mind there are those who would immediately offer a first-round pick for Draymond to make a title push right now. I 100 percent believe there are teams who would essentially help the Warriors get Giannis if it meant they got Green for the next three or four months to pursue a title.”
GSW still pushed the Raptors in the Finals with total scrubs Quinn Cook and Alfonzo McKinnie getting major playing time. They do not need major depth. That said, if Melton, Moody, TJD, Post, Horford and Santos stick around, those players are all way better than Cook and McKinnie. If they flip over a bunch of the roster and end up with all high IQ guys, they are going to the dance.
Curry Melton Moody Giannis Horford is going to the WCF minimum, then
Curry Moody Butler Giannis Horford is going to next years WCF minimum
I also love how many posters on here STILL keep telling me I am “daydreaming” about this, how I myself am “the only one talking about this” and how I am “wishcasting”…but look at this headline? Gaslighting 101. You lie to me while claiming its truth.
Be better, chatters. I was right about this all along. I saw it coming from miles away. This was always GSW’s plan and I was the only one talking about it, while you all slandered me for doing so. Pathetic.
My goodness! You were right from day 1 !!!!!
This is crazy but this was all planned out from long yime ago. NBA and Nike they all want this….
Thank you Michol! You are one of the real ones around here. You never slandered me and said it was interesting and might happen. Others furiously foamed at the mouth at the very concept of it! We are on the rumors site after all, everyone should be open minded to any deal with the exception of Steph going to another team – GSW’s valuation is entirely based on his worldwide popularity and its in everyone’s best interests that he retires a 1-teamer, which is something Lebron doesn’t have and you know Curry wants to have as many of those as possible for when both are retired and we can properly gage their careers in terms of all-time lists and what not.
My gosh, you are going to be vindicated and you deserve all the credit. Hat off to you!
I only see Davey responding to himself here lmao.
Lmao I’m dying to meet you in real life just so I can understand.
I am a real life wizard and NBA/GSW/Curry fan and also a fan of NBA hoops rumors. That is why I am here.
Steve Kerr is the best coach in the league.
9 dogs same here man I bet Davey J is a total trip in real life too lol
I told you if it happens I’ll give you your flowers!!!
Trying to trade for Giannis doesn’t mean your Pooh Pooh platter has a hope in day dreaming hades of being true.
Take it from a blue jay fan: this is a clear cut case of being used to set the floor.
Kuminga and a butlers dead contract aren’t getting you Giannis regardless of how highly you think of podz
Dare to dream homie.
Porter from the nets. This is a realistic wish. Giannis, your teams not even close.
Warriors should trade kuminga and change for porters bird rights.
“Take it from a Blue Jay fan” but I’m a Warriors fan, we already have set precedence with KD and Boogie and then Jimmy coming here.
You = delusional. I hope you have professional help for when this happens. But just know one thing: I called it first.
Yup like talking to a dumb spoiled child
Last word
Also: even to this day, from YOU are you arguing…literally the opposite of what this post is about. You have told me GSW doesnt have the best offer, when they always have. OKC and SAS could outbid them, but have publicly stated they will not.
YOOOURE comprehension skills are amazing.
No you!
Like talking. To a spoiled world that has to blame everyone so they can be right.
You’re a child bro.
Keep dreaming …… see this is why they should have taken Raynaud. Always take talent to develop. To play or to trade. It’s common sense really. ……
Warriors fans themselves have spent all year shooting DOWN Kuminga value. And now he is your only young talent worth anything. With his value at an all time low. Yet you think Bucks want him… yeah with a pick for Kuzma lols.
Bucks want young vets like Chet or K Johnson. Young players like Harper or Sorber. What do Warriors have. Players that play for Old Timers day next year. Even if they had 4 #1 picks to trade. Which they don’t. Can’t happen. Won’t happen.
Bucks want nothing to do with Warriors ——— they have ZERO assets Bucks would want. The Knicks if they traded Towns and OG. Could have better assets to get Giannis. (Knicks not doing it)
Only the Thunder and Spurs can absorb a Giannis trade. And still be a contender for yrs to come. …… I’m sure Giannis is dying to go play with 38 yr old Curry and no one else ….. get real
McBride Townes and og and picks for Giannis and turner
Herro jovic ware roziers insured contract, jak,l Jacquez and a bunch picks
Kuminga who they sent home
Butler who’s injured for a year
Podz and two late future firsts
For giannis
Okie Dokey
Knicks are done.
3 teams are fighting
Wolves package for Giannis
Bucks receive
Jaden McDaniels
Naz Reid
Rob Dillingham (via 3rd team, someone has to offer 2 good Firsts)
Joan Beringer
Heat package – Heat are concerning that they won’t be able to manage the payroll without rookie contracts (all market contracts next few years)
Bucks receive:
Tyler Herro
Kel’el Ware
Terry Rozier
KJ
2029 first-round pick swap
2030 first-round pick
2031 first-round pick swap
2032 first-round pick
Herro and Ware are overrated.
Why?
Herro average 2.7 assists per game, poor defender this season
Ware average 0.6 assist and average 11 points per game
If you are in the professional level, you are supposed to have a good court vision
Come on, man. I have a better court vision than Herro and Ware.
Masai ujiri was the trendsetter
There’s only one way to get full value for Giannis — you have to piecemeal the trade out over a year and a half and it probably has to happen in the offseason.
Herro is worth 2 future firsts an a young rookie scale player with pedigree. Or he’s two trades away from being someone like Ingram on the raptors.
Got to piecemeal it out or just trade Giannis for Towns and stuff
Kerr is the problem with Kuminga, he is excellent with an all-star ceiling. You can build around him, he’s better than Kuzma that’s for sure.
Kuminga is the problem with Kuminga. If teams felt a change of scenery would make him better, they would have done it already. Teams have scouts. They have been watching him for 5 years. They know what is going on.
Throwing around strongest package quite loosely these days.
“Keep dreaming” – but I’m not dreaming, I am talking about a real life post on this website?
It’s crazy how many want me to be wrong about this, that its blinding them to reality, where GSW actually does have the best offer for Giannis. Read the title of this post again.
You can enjoy it all you want. Giannis has been coming to Knicks for last two yrs. Rumors aren’t based of facts. They are click bait. Warriors have nothing to trade for Kuzma. Yet the Bandwagon is out for Giannis in GS……. Enjoy it lol. Three days
What bandwagon? Davey is from back east.
Davey is only driving it. ……
Warriors with no Butler. Don’t want JK. JK doesn’t want Warriors. Where do you think that leaves Warriors this year. Better start practicing with ping pong balls …….
JK is not going to improve the Warriors situation. I’d love to a lottery pick this year. It would be a nice start to the rebuild.
If you think that. Then you should want a trade JK for young talent. This way you look to next year. Just remember Jimmy is going to take a year to come back.
Giannis to Knicks never had any teeth because the Bucks requested Brunson. Knicks said hard no, then that dream dies.
GSW, however, has said “anyone but Curry” which is a lot more interesting than the Knicks offer.
No one cares about Giannis. You can have him.
lmao
Your player of the week, Dillon Brooks, literally said “Giannis to Golden State is on…they are going to be terrifying” so, he cares.
Yes Davey …… Dillon knows ball.
If Warriors don’t play JK. They could be headed to lottery lol ……
Kuminga >>>> to Pels for Poole
Kuminga >>>> to Mavs for Thompson
According to Giants74 best you can hope for JK
The Warriors played better with Kuminga on the bench.
Poole can’t get off the bench in NO.
Klay is numbers are going downhill.
I dont know who Giants74 is, I do not see their posts. I mute all trolls.
Dillon Brooks plays for the Suns. He has no idea what is going on in the Bucks or Warriors GOs
Thats why Jrue rumors started. Because they wouldn’t consider it.
And yet, no trade has been made. The Bucks obviously feel they can do better.
Huh? What? What does Raynaud have to do with any of this? He can’t play defense. There not much they could do with him. GMs make trades, not fans. Kuminga’s value is low because of his play, not the fans.
Go buy lottery tickets ……. practice.
Hardly anyone wins the lottery.
You do realize the picks they would be getting from the warriors will most likely be top 3 picks, both Curry and Giannis will be done by the time they use them. GSW draftpicks are some of if not the most valuable in the league right now
You think giannis only has 2 years left?
Giving Giannis to the Warriors for draft picks and saying that teams record in the future is going to be the worst in the NBA (or 3rd worst) should be enough to get you locked up. It probably would be enough to lose legal control of your estate.
4 first round picks,podz, kuminga, and moody is more than enough for Giannis
@Chase money doesnt lineup, you gotta + draymond to your package there. It will work then. Also Thanasis gotta go with Giannis.
Stick to the Yanks …..
Bucks don’t want to wait 5-7 yrs. Warriors have NO players they want. Bucks can get young vets from Raptors or Heat. Even Pistons have good young talent. Warriors will never see Giannis except when he comes to play them. Why would he go play with a 38 yr old Curry and no one else …..
Spurs and Thunder have best offers …
Curry-Melton-Moody-Giannis-Horford is beating the Thunder? In what world is that possible?
Thunder are lowkey soft, injuries happen, Thunder can’t lock down either Steph or Giannis, let alone both. Whole bunch of worlds?
Thunder aren’t soft. No team that wins 60+ games and a chip is soft.
There -has- to be a “softest” champ, and that’s last seasons OKC. They get every call on offense and the refs call none of their bs on defense. They did not run through Curry to make the Finals. That’s soft.
Lakers 2020 team was soft
Agreed. Second most soft Finals winner.
Thanks Captain!
So as I said earlier, the Warriors roster will be Steph, Giannis, Santos, plus 6 Santa Cruz G league allstars lol.
Sounds good enough for eighth place and a play-in game… depending on one banged up calf and a troublesome right knee.
Count in LBJ as a FA in offseason. It’s crazy but it looks lile Nike will make it happen in SF.
Stay with me here:
2027-28 roster:
Giannis, Steph, Jimmy, Lebron (min), Dray (min), Klay (min)
You can see it coming from a mile away…
You think LeBron will be playing in 3 years? I don’t think so. I think this year is his last.
I think he will ring chase as a part timer, it’s the lamest thing he could do, so you just know he will do it.
If LeBron wants to he top 5 all time then he should ring chase but I agree with you
Lol
I don’t see any of those guys playing for vet min lol it’s fun to dream though. They’ll likely command significantly more than vet min
Andre Iguodala played for the min.
Andre Iguodala isn’t LeBron James. His ego won’t let him play for vet min. Did Jordan Kobe Johnson ever play for vet min anywhere?
Andre Iguodala also isn’t a head case like Draymond Green who might be insulted by a vet min deal and punch one of the contract negotiators
^ no facts at all in that comment.
^^Lebron James won’t play for vet min cause he’s more concerned with ego/image than anything else is a fact. Sorry to burst your bubble.
If Kobe Johnson Jordan never played for vet min anywhere no shot LeBron James will.
Jordan played for the minimum on the Wizards. Your take is bad and pure wishcasting. Magic Johnson did not have a typical career. None of those guys played into their 40s. No facts at all. Hold this L.
Jordan played for the minimum after being bought out as a minority owner of the team. Who knows what kind of behind closed doors deals were made for that to happen.
I can see LBJ taking the MLE or something like that but not the minimum.
I’m not even arguing Lebron will play 82 games for the minimum. I can see him signing for the minimum and being part time, pure ring chasing. Play 20 mins a game for 40 reg season games and then playoffs. Would be an obvious end to his career.
Lmao Jordan didn’t even play for the league minimum. He accepted the league minimum and donated the entire salary both years to 911 recovery efforts
Law of averages would suggest just by pure dumb luck you’d be correct at some point. How you defy such things is amazing for all the wrong reasons.
HOLD
THIS
L
Cmon. Bro. We all can look up MJ’s salaries. Look at those $1M a year at end – thats min wage, dumb dumb
link to basketball-reference.com
“If Kobe Johnson Jordan never played for vet min anywhere”
Be wrong, stay wrong. Hold your L’s because you earned them by lying when confronted about being wrong. Typical 2026 american, lie when wrong.
He donated the entire salary to relief efforts
Wanna try again? But this time be less you and actually get things right
link to edition.cnn.com
You follow up your L with even bigger L after being told what Jordan did with his salary (didn’t even play for vet min he played for free cause he donated it) you have to be told again lmao double L hold it with pride
I’m not sure you even know what words mean.
“If Kobe Johnson Jordan never played for vet min anywhere”
That is untrue, MJ was paid the minimum on the Wizards. Right there. You were wrong. Stop bending over backwards when your original comment was wrong. So weird how you just aren’t going “you got me, i was wrong there, MJ got the league minimum.” No matter what he did with that salary, he was still paid that salary. Cope. It also doesn’t help your argument, as it proves Lebron could also do the exact same thing on a future GSW team.
Are you okay, bro?
An L is you claiming Jordan played for vet min when he actually donated the E N T I R E salary to 911 relief efforts.
How much money did Jordan earn from the vet min contract he signed? We can wait while you figure it out counting on your hands and toes.
Jordan “earned” that entire salary, you absolute nitwit. What he did with that salary after it does not matter. You are just trolling at this point. It’s funny because it also proves my original take to be correct, as Lebron could also play for the minimum and donate it – you argued yourself into a stronger argument for my original point. You could have backed down but instead you made my take even stronger while acting like you were “defeating” me…when I was the one who said Bron could play for the minimum, and that take made you crash out so hard you ended up doing a full 180 and helping my cause. Thanks lil bro, now go take a shower
You Warriors haters all let us live rent free so hard that you just spout pure gibberish and pure nonsense then double and triple down when proven it is factually incorrect. Cool. Rent free. 4 rings, etc…
Yes Davey the correct answer was 0 dollars Jordan earned from those vet min contracts
When you donate your E N T I R E salary to 911 relief efforts you get 0 dollars
Jordan played for free if anything
But you hold your Ls with pride and try to keep changing subjects once proven wrong
Washington paid him a million dollars, the league minimum or close. That is where this convo ends. Who cares if he donated it? It also means he played for “nothing” which is funny because how much Nike money did he make? Exactly. But also it proves Lebron could do the same thing. Lmao. Clown.
He was paid 0 dollars since he donated it
1,000,000 – 1,000,000 is 0 Davey common. Did you line your numbers up correctly?
Are you drunk?
Are you always this bad at math?
So my original take of
“Stay with me here:
2027-28 roster:
Giannis, Steph, Jimmy, Lebron (min), Dray (min), Klay (min)
You can see it coming from a mile away…”
is sound? Being like MJ, Lebron can take the min and donate it?
LeBron isn’t playing for vet min and sure isn’t playing for free
But MJ did it?
MJ owned the team.
Mj never played for vet min
If anything LeBron would want more than vet min like someone suggested MLE and donate that to outdo Jordan which sounds like something LeBron would do
But that defeats your vet min idea
MJ was paid the vet min, which he donated. He was still paid the vet min. Stop trolling, its boring.
“Stop saying facts”
No. Jordan played for free lmao. That’s fact whether you like it or not
LeBron isn’t gonna play for the vet min. That’s fact as well. He could donate his salary and play for free. It won’t be a vet min salary
“No. Jordan played for free lmao. That’s fact whether you like it or not” yawn yawn yawn. We both know thats not true. Go to bed lil bro
How much money did Jordan wind up with? We can wait it’s been hours since you’ve been asked. Having trouble counting? Go back to grade school and apologize to your teachers for wasting their time and efforts. Make sure to apologize to every tree you pass along the way as well for wasting oxygen they produce.
Hey check this out:
What if the Wizards paid MJ, but the money he donated came out of the money he already had! What if those were two separate transactions! This still proves my point about Lebron anyway, you lunatic. You are outwardly lying and claiming its facts – right there is when you lose, I win, so bye bye now – lmao
How much money did Jordan wind up with?
You want LeBron to play for the vet minimum but Jordan wound up playing for free lmao
swing and a miss like usual. Which is appropriate since usual ends in an L like every comment you make does.
“ What if the Wizards paid MJ, but the money he donated came out of the money he already had!”
Nope. Jordan wouldn’t have handled the transactions. He would have approved the wizards to send money where he wanted. Why would Jordan get paid and then take on all the responsibilities and paper work to make sure it’s donated properly?
You seriously think Jordan
Received a pay check
Donated said paid check
Filled out all the paperwork himself for tax purposes?
Yeah no. He let other people handle that whether it be the wizards or his own financial team. They didn’t take existing money to fund the donations lmao. That’s much harder to do than just rerouting a paycheck cause now you have to account for incoming and outgoing transactions for irs/tax purposes. Creates double the work the way you suggest it
Nice thought but no
You sound completely insane. Thanks for proving my point. Lebron will ring chase and sign a min deal with the Warriors and he plays limited games and minutes mostly waiting til the playoffs.
Thanks for playing! Bye!
Says the dude who thinks Michael Jordan single handedly committed tax fraud by paying donations from existing funds and getting paid a pay check to replace the funds lmao
Yall are going back and forth wayyyyyyy too much on this one lmao
Jordan was also part owner of the Wizards and PBO.
Don’t forget Jimmy Butler playing with crutches since they want 3 max salaries instead of 2
Honestly if they are both healthy, they will be meeting the Thunder in the WCF this year. Then add Jimmy to them next year and that’s another Finals, easy. Think about how well Jimmy played when the “third guy” was Draymond? Now replace Draymond with Giannis. Wow. Lots of 3 quarter blowouts again.
I think GSW can also get Giannis without giving up too many players. Kuminga+Dray+Buddy works.
Draymond’s cons outweigh his pros. If it takes him to land a Giannis you go for it! Regardless it will be interesting to see what transpires.
Draymond is not going to turn down a $27.6MM player option and return to the Warriors when they won’t be able to fit him in their 2027 cap. He’s not going to say, “Well, gee willikers you guys, I’d like to burn up twenty million dollars for this year and the $75-100 million more I could get on the open market, so we can all sit around the kitchen table and play Parcheesi together. I just love hanging around all of you. How about some milk and cookies?”
This is ridiculous.
Iggy came back. Draymond will cut a deal with Lacob. How about something like 3 yrs for $48-54m?
Iggy is a team first player. That’s the difference. Also, he wasn’t a blackhole on offence.
Comparing iggy to draymond is wild, one is a selfless player who agrees to go off the bench and the other is a maniac who gets 15 techs a year and punches teammates
Also iggy did not have as much of a role when he came back after 2 years in Miami
Uh…Wrong. Draymond has volunteered to come off the bench. He gave up his starting job to Kuminga. But, Kuminga played horribly.
Trog, You write this because you don’t understand the loyalty of the Warriors and their ownership. The scenario above can absolutely happen. Not that I’m in favor of it, but it is definitely doable.
Remember the five guys given promises last July who signed four months later, despite the doubts of practically everyone?
Remember Klay Thompson going down for the following season with an ACL tear yet signing a max 4 year extension as promised by the warriors just a few weeks after the injury?
Remember DeMarcus Cousin’s stating that in all his years in the NBA no other team he saw or experienced treated its players to the level of respect and loyalty that Golden State did?
I could go on and on.
A second thought would be that I don’t think Graymond has $75-$100 million contract in his NBA future at age 36.
Like Iggy, it’s likely both Dray and Klay will retire as Warriors playing on minimum wage deals. That might be 2027, it might not. Name another team willing to pay Draymond $15+M?
What do you mean? They can easily fit him in, and they will have cap room.
How would the Warriors have cap room with Steph, Giannis and Jimmy all on the team? They’d be over the cap with those 3 alone and rapidly approaching first apron territory. They’d be hard capped at the first apron if they add him via sign and trade.
They won’t care about any cap of any kind for the next year or two if this goes down.
They can reset after next season and start from scratch when Steph is done and they don’t extend the Greek freak.
Hopefully, they’ll fill out the roster with five JaVale McGee, David West types who sign for the minimum and ring chase.
Agreed Gary, but that means Draymond can’t come back for anything other than the league minimum unless they find a way to dump Jimmy.
Yes, one year at the vet minimum and then a promise wink wink for more when they get his Bird rights the next year. (unless it doesn’t quite work that way, and in that case I don’t know lol)
Yeah gotta be 3 years for bird rights, but maybe Lacob pulls a Steve Ballmer and donates a bunch of cash to a fake organization that pays Draymond $10 million to be the no-show endorser:) They could also give him the mini mid level starting at 5.5 million and only be hard capped at the second apron.
I’d love for Dray to actually physically speak “Gee willikers.”
If/when draymond gets traded and a reporter asks him about returning to the warriors I bet he’s going to start cussing like Wolf of Wall Street
Why would he do that? C-Webb returned. No reason why Draymond wouldn’t.
Don’t use Brett Siegel as a source. He’s not credible.
Must be Daveys real life name
Still wouldn’t beat OKC, SA, or Den which are the likely 1st round match ups. All those teams are deeper and more talented.
So the NBA has decreed Giannis will be a Warrior.
TV, sneakers they are really the ones calling the shot. It has been for awhile. Look at Doncic for example. Somehow the genius Lacob has elavated Warriors to the top and calling the shots. It’s unbeliebable.
You are tripping. Can’t you see the reasons this could be happening that are distinct from some cabal of people controlling which players go where? But sure: the “NBA” is making Giannis go to the Warriors, and forcing MIL to accept their offer, and all of the other super-rich owners are like, “OK”. Wow.
The conspiracies never end! It must be strangely reassuring.
Wake up JBS
The cope is real JBS !
If I believed that fantasy I don’t think I’d continue to care about the NBA at all. People seem more interested in cracking the hidden code than trying to understand how things are working as presented. The problem is there are no objective facts to support the subjective reality. I guess that’s an advantage because the conspiracies are never wrong. But that doesn’t make them right or based on any true facts.
Curry doesn’t have a sneaker deal. I doubt he will sign a new one.
If warriors offer is the best offer Giannis is not getting traded. So break it down. Bucks get no future young stars in the trade. 1 of the draft picks is a mediocre 1st round pick. The swaps are not guaranteed since Bucks team is going to rebuilding too so they may be worse than warriors. So is Giannis worth 3 1st round picks knowing 1 is a non lottery pick worth your franchise player? Does Giannis want to be traded to warriors knowing Curry is at the end of his career??
They can get Kuminga and Moody. Why are you writing them off after the disaster that is Steve Kerr ran through them? They are still plenty salvageable. Moody is averaging 15 PPG over his last 10 games after a slow start due to a shooting slump, but he’s moved past that and is flashing a higher ceiling as a starter. Kuminga also we all know is way better than advertised. Kerr playing Moody as a SF hurts his game but his IQ is starting to adjust to that. Kuminga isn’t a Center either, but that’s where Kerr plays him alongside 4 SG’s…can you not see how a young player would have issues adjusting there? Give him a normal rotation around him and watch him shine.
You are not better with 2 stars and no bench. I know you love Giannis but he is not worth being a playoff team in the 8th seed.
2019 Warriors had Alfonzo McKinnie and Quinn Cook playing serious time in the Finals, went to 6 games. I think Pat Spencer might be better than both those guys, GSW will be fine on depth, although I like the idea of trading Jimmy for a healthy $50M guy too.
Name the other players. Go ahead not cherry picking.
Curry, Dray, Klay, Iggy, Boogie, Loon, Livingston all had more minutes than Cook and McKinnie in the 2018-19 Finals.
Curry, Dray, Thompson, Iggy, and Livingston were at their prime years. Curry and Giannis are not. You are talking 5 players at the top of their game and add on DPOY Green. Stop living in the past
Curry and Giannis ARE in their primes, are you smoking PCP?
I mean.. the warriors problem is they have too many mediocre players that are somewhat similar in skill level without a #2 scorer. Not like trading away Kuminga who doesn’t play is hurting the current depth. If warriors are shipping out Moody, Kuminga, Podz (with dray), it’s not a huge loss to replace those minutes with guys like Gp2, Will Richard, Gui, Pat Spencer etc. (and whoever gets shipped with Giannis + buyout players). Warriors were playing 13-14 deep this year at times (for worse imo).
The weirdest part is GSW has endured Kerr’s exiling of Kuminga ($22.5M) and at times Buddy ($9M), Seth ($2M) and now is not playing Jimmy ($54M) – that’s $87 million that is just gone off the roster. Not playing. And yet, GSW are 27-23 and only 3 games behind the Rockets – imagine if they had $87M worth of players actually just being active? They would easily be top 4.
The general consensus on here that the Warriors are “bad” now is so off-base it infuriates me. Like, that’s zero knowledge. If they had their roster playing, they would be top 4 and likely top 2.
The only downside for the Bucks is that Giannis can say he won’t resign with the team that they are trading him to. He has more leverage on where he can go if they wait until the off season.
Plus, I’m sure they don’t want to burn any bridges with Giannis since he did bring them a championship. Down the road, I’m sure they would love to bring him back and celebrate the one ring he brought to the city.
If GSW does this trade, it will be in the same realm as the Clippers trade with the Thunder.
Those GSW picks are going to be extremely valuable as they’re going to be a lottery team for the next 7 years. Butler is done as a player (even if he plays a portion of next year he won’t be the same player) but they will have to pay him next year. Curry will be on his last leg (he will be 38 next month). Giannis has had major injuries last several years. They will have to give away all their youth assets.
GSW are doing this backwards. They should be selling curry and Draymond for some young talent and picks and planning for post 38 year old curry future. Of course, they won’t trade Curtu out of fan loyalty, but it’s not the right decision.
They wont be paying Bulter big money after next season lol
Exactly, and they can deepen the roster instead of going top heavy, and end up in a 2022 situation so fast again.
Do you have reading comprehension issues!? I said they will have to pay Butler NEXT year (not AFTER next year) even though he won’t be any good next year, even if he plays.
Plus the Warriors aren’t trading away a future MVP in the players that are being discussed LOL
GSW are the only team who should do this. They are the #1 highest valued franchise in win-always mode. Rebuilding is not an option. Curry is the lone reason why they are where they are and so he must be kept and built around. Also “Trust the Process” doesn’t work either. Nothing in this league is a given, but we all know and have seen Curry + another elite superstar = deep playoffs run and likely chip if the two elites are healthy.
Comparing PG13 to Giannis and Kuminga to SGA is nasty work too. Cmon man.
It will be another crap trade like the Luka deal. Bucks get draymond, a carrot, some hair dye, and Steve kerr’s glass eye while the warriors get Giannis his brother and 4 first round picks
This trade would absolutely kill this franchise. They’ll lose Dray and or Jimmy with the trade. Picks that normally replenish the roster will be gone in the trade and Steph will be gone in 2 years.
At that point Giannis will ask to be traded. and there’ll nothing left be Giannis won’t have nearly the same trade value in 2.5 years even if he’s healthy for the next 2.5 seasons. It also kills this season for Steph since Giannis is 4 weeks away from playing and I can see LAC and possibly Portland jumping GSW for the two play-in spots while waiting for Giannis.
“Will kill this franchise”
/wins rings instead
So, what we really have is a case of the Bucks posturing. Trading Giannis means that they are rebuilding. They want those picks. It doesn’t sound like Giannis wants play on the West Coast. Curry is looking more and more like he is retiring soon. He is building an office building in SF for himself. Does he want to keep it empty? With those two gone, those are lottery picks.
Shows how much influence the media has on people just posting rumors and many thinks it’s a done deal.
From my experience, the teams that make the deal are the ones you never heard about. Who knew KD was going to the Rockets? I’m not surprised to see MDJ be this aggressive. When he had CPIII on the block, he was trying to trade for Paul George and Markkanen in the same deal.
Other teams will be able to trade more in the off-season. I doubt Giannis gets moved this week.
This deal would absolutely destroy the Bucks for the next decade, so seeing who are controlling owner is, it’s probably a done deal, as s my fandom and interest in Bucks basketball as a native Milwaukee-ean for the foreseeable future. And I’ll actually despise the team if they acquire race baiting Draymond Green and keep our God awful race baiting coach Doc Rivers. It would’ve the first time in my long life that I would actually hate one of my local sports franchises and actively root against them
Agree. If Milwaukee keeps its Greek Freak, they will always have a chance at a NBA title. He’s proven that, he can carry the team there. If they dump him, well, good bye to Milwaukee’s hopes for some long, long time.
Having interest is obvious, given that the Dubs are pot-committed. But that doesn’t mean they have the best package to offer. It’s likely this will spin over to the summer.
Pot definitely explains this rumor.
“GM Jon Horst and Milwaukee’s front office as “fascinated” with the chance to acquire a large parcel of Golden State’s future assets”
If this isnt a bald faced lie the Bucks are doomed until anyone holding this opinion is fired.
What an embarrassingly dumb statement.
you have a dramatically different take to reality. this isnt nba2k.
Brain fart or for someone else?
“GM Jon Horst and Milwaukee’s front office as “fascinated” with the chance to acquire a large parcel of Golden State’s future assets”
If this isnt a bald faced lie the Bucks are doomed until anyone holding this opinion is fired.
What an embarrassingly dumb statement.”
^ what an embarrassingly dumb comment by you. Golden State’s future assets are massively valuable whether you agree or not. You live in NBA2K, not reality.
What does not thinking those picks have value have to do with a video game?
Is it a bald face lie or bold face lie
either/or, and also: bare face lie
Bald-Faced vs. Bold-Faced
While “bold-faced lie” (meaning a brazen lie) is common in modern usage, “bald-faced lie” is technically the original, preferred idiom, referring to a “naked” or undisguised lie.
Talk enough and youre always a little bit correct.
I know that Gian is wants to go to a contender but why would they want a Oskar of picks film GSW that’ll likely be in the 20’s-30’s??
Warriors are gonna suck post Curry. They kind of suck now.
Golden State won’t extend Giannis and he’ll be a free agent also along with practically the entire roster.
Those pics in 3 to 5 years are as good as gold.
Lol. If the Warriors get Giannis with the absolute pile of garbage they have to offer, the league is rigged.
The Bucks really want 3 or 4 picks in the mid to late 20s and two meh role players, plus half a season of Draymond or no seasons of Jimmy?
The Warriors package is by far the worst of the teams discussed, unless everyone else is just making terrible offers, which seems unlikely. The media wants Giannis in GS so bad.
It’s the media pretending it’s the best offer when nobody knows the best offer. Who said it’s the best offer?? A ESPN guy.
Even worse, it’s a ClutchPoints guy. Wtf is that? Lol
Being a warrior fan there is a few crazy trade claims on social media. Clutch does them all the time.
If the dubs give up all or majority of their “assets” for Giannis, theyll be Brooklyn 2.0. Old stars teaming up but not getting far. Sure Steph and Giannis are still producing good numbers but for how long? Butler wont be as good as he was and is eating cap space. Itll be the 2 studs with a maybe a stud on an emotionally good day and the scrubs line up. You aint winning in the NBA anymore with that. Those times are long gone.
It’s the Carmelo Anthony trade
You trade away depth and got nothing left to surround your remaining pieces with
Forgot about that. That too was such a fumble for NY. He was already decided to go there in the offseason but NY had to go ahead and trade the assets for a player they were supposedly going to get through FA.
I’m just hoping the Wolves don’t get him. We’d have to totally deplete our bench and get rid of half our starting lineup to do it. Is he an all-time great? Yes! But he’s too injured, and on the wrong side of 30. I don’t care who trades for him as long as it’s not us!
Just sign Bogut
So do it.
Khris Middleton is a FA next season, he’s exactly the high IQ/will accept low salary because he is a fan of winning titles-type who’s agent will be blowing up MDJ’s lines in this upcoming offseason. If GSW gets rid of Kerr, GSW will turn into a 10 years ago all-star team full of high IQ guys so fast, and easily win 65+ and a title.
If this offer is real, Lacob must have concluded he’s willing to put this team in purgatory for close to a decade to get one last shot at another chip for Steph. Or does he really think Giannis will sign long term, stay healthy, and they’ll be able to replace Steph?
But given Giannis’ injury history, wouldn’t they have just as good a chance by trading for someone that only costs them 1 or 2 picks and hang on to those ’30-’32 picks that they are certainly going to need?
tbh I would prefer to trade Kuminga and 1 FRP for Trey Murphy III. But NOP does not want to trade him. GSW has had their sights on Giannis for years, as I have stated repeatedly for many months.
Yes, that was my thought a couple weeks ago. Bring in a stud or 2 to reinforce the currently strong enough team. An impact 4 man and an impact wing or guard.
But then Butler went down and Curry is a little bit nicked up.
Does that change things or is it still full speed ahead?
If they get Giannis (big if) they will not compete this year. No Dray and no Jimmy, and Steph’s knees. It will be all about next season.
Don’t trade him. Trade everyone else