11-03-2025, 01:34 PM
(11-02-2025, 07:06 PM)Knutsen Wrote: AD and Lively and one or two first rounders for Giannis.
The tough thing for the Bucks is they don't control their draft. So, tanking doesn't help them. Any deal needs to touch teams like ATL, NOP and POR who control the Milwaukee picks to get a deal done with them. Lively isn't ideal for them either with Turner there, but maybe he or Turner goes to one of those teams for some of Milwaukee's future picks. If AD were to sustain a major injury and you could deliver some of the MIL picks back to them using Lively (your example, not mine), AD might be an interesting double dip trade for them. By that I mean that Milwaukee could tank, rehab AD for a year and then with a few months of health next season, they could flip him for additional value.
One other thought I had while walking today...anyone who is a conspiracy theorist (in terms of how LA somehow stole a young international superstar in the dead of night and then Dallas hit the lotto jackpot). Anyone who thinks that way should probably want to trade the Laker 2029 pick. If the league cares about the premier teams succeeding in the playoffs (and they should since those teams make a 2X difference in viewership according to a podcast I was listening to), then Luka will get a better running buddy before 2029 and that pick won't be nearly as valuable as it appears to be right now.
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