Eric Nehm

You start to go through all those machinations, and when you do that, when you think maybe this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, then maybe logic gets thrown out the window.

And that could be from the Bucs' perspective, and that could be from other teams' perspectives.

That's where I think it gets difficult, because I just don't... To me, there's not...

There's not a logical reason that it has to happen now, especially with an injury that's going to sideline Giannis.

And the other teams that might want to trade from would probably be OK with you shutting them down to like they wouldn't think anything less of him and they would know that he's healthy as well.

So that's where that's where I say logically.

Logically speaking.

A trade should not occur before the trade deadline.

So let me stop you there.

There is a wrinkle to that, right?

Yeah.

So you do need to be on a team for at least six months before you can sign a certain max extension.

Yes, I would think so.

Well, I think one of the things you'd really be selling is, or at least you'd be selling to yourself.

You'd be saying, all right, I could wait to the offseason.

I might have the best package then.

That's great.

If you wait to the offseason, Giannis Antetokounmpo is not going to play in the playoffs.

And that would be what you'd be thinking in your head, that even if I don't have full assurances that this guy wants to play for me, wants to extend, I'm going to get him for two playoff runs.

And if there's one thing that you know about Giannis, it's that he's going to play incredibly hard, and he's going to want to be on the floor.