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[Knutsen]

I think he will eventually ask out.   Bucks really have no one to give him hope.  They will hold on to him until he asks out, but that will eventually come.   

It will be fascinating who goes hard after him.    When can the Mavs get future picks past 31?   And the answer is yes, I would ship AD plus a ton of picks for Giannis.  May even get my interest back.

That’s why you need to get each and every pick and pick-swap possible when you trade a guy like Doncic - that gives you the ammunition to go after the next big star and reload one or two years later. 

Dream scenario would have been to get Giannis next summer, one season before he can opt out, and therefore for a fair deal, and pair him with Luka for the next 5 years to win three titles in that span and make us the Dallas Euro Mavericks for forever, building on the house that Dirk built.