11-01-2024, 01:11 AM
Not only is a Giannis trade practically impossible for the Mavs given they'd have to decimate the entire team to match his salary, (or completely reshape what this team is by throwing Kyrie in there, a scenario I find too implausible to entertain casually), it wouldn't even make a lot of sense given Giannis' fit next to Dame.
There is very real documented evidence now that Giannis does not work well next to a score first guard. The way Giannis sets screens are always trying to set him up to score, vs. trying to get Dame to score. That dynamic alone would make me wary on how he'd fit with Luka. We kind of already saw a soft version of that with KP.
Add in the fact it'd take Lively too, I am so out on any potential Giannis trade. I love him as a player, and if he was a FA that took a paycut to come here, then I'd be all for it. But as things stand I wish him well and hope he stays in the east.
There is very real documented evidence now that Giannis does not work well next to a score first guard. The way Giannis sets screens are always trying to set him up to score, vs. trying to get Dame to score. That dynamic alone would make me wary on how he'd fit with Luka. We kind of already saw a soft version of that with KP.
Add in the fact it'd take Lively too, I am so out on any potential Giannis trade. I love him as a player, and if he was a FA that took a paycut to come here, then I'd be all for it. But as things stand I wish him well and hope he stays in the east.
14x All-Star, 12x all-NBA, 1x MVP, 1x Finals MVP, 1 NBA Championship: Dirk Nowitzki, the man, the myth, the legend.
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