JJ Redick

And Brooke Lopez got benched in this series against Indiana. He was too slow for the series, and that didn't hold up either. And it's tempting to look back and say, What happens if they don't make the Dame trade? Are we just in the same spot anyway, given what has happened to Chris Middleton's career? But I guess the difference would be you're in the same spot, but let's say you've stood pat.

You still have all the draft picks that you no longer have. You still have the ability to trade Drew Holiday, which you no longer have. Now... You don't have the ability to trade Damian Lillard, which was the last bullet left in the can we salvage this thing around Giannis? And nobody wants to have this conversation. I don't want to have this conversation. You don't want to have this conversation.

You still have all the draft picks that you no longer have. You still have the ability to trade Drew Holiday, which you no longer have. Now... You don't have the ability to trade Damian Lillard, which was the last bullet left in the can we salvage this thing around Giannis? And nobody wants to have this conversation. I don't want to have this conversation. You don't want to have this conversation.

You still have all the draft picks that you no longer have. You still have the ability to trade Drew Holiday, which you no longer have. Now... You don't have the ability to trade Damian Lillard, which was the last bullet left in the can we salvage this thing around Giannis? And nobody wants to have this conversation. I don't want to have this conversation. You don't want to have this conversation.

Definitely not. Opposing teams who I contacted last night who would theoretically be Giannis suitors already do not want to have this conversation. They're in mourning, too. It is unfortunately unavoidable just to say this. They can't trade Dame. That pivot is gone. This team cannot win with Giannis. There is no path to them winning big in the playoffs anymore.

Definitely not. Opposing teams who I contacted last night who would theoretically be Giannis suitors already do not want to have this conversation. They're in mourning, too. It is unfortunately unavoidable just to say this. They can't trade Dame. That pivot is gone. This team cannot win with Giannis. There is no path to them winning big in the playoffs anymore.

Definitely not. Opposing teams who I contacted last night who would theoretically be Giannis suitors already do not want to have this conversation. They're in mourning, too. It is unfortunately unavoidable just to say this. They can't trade Dame. That pivot is gone. This team cannot win with Giannis. There is no path to them winning big in the playoffs anymore.

They do not control their draft pick through 2030, so they cannot tank. And there just isn't enough here. There's no path to a championship team. And Everyone understands that the Bucs understand that Giannis surely must understand that.

They do not control their draft pick through 2030, so they cannot tank. And there just isn't enough here. There's no path to a championship team. And Everyone understands that the Bucs understand that Giannis surely must understand that.

They do not control their draft pick through 2030, so they cannot tank. And there just isn't enough here. There's no path to a championship team. And Everyone understands that the Bucs understand that Giannis surely must understand that.

And all that's left to do now is for Giannis and the Bucs, maybe individually, maybe in conjunction, but ultimately, no matter what happens, it's going to be up to Giannis to decide what to do with that reality. Do we sit in it and be a one team star forever and do our best? And that's cool. And hope.

And all that's left to do now is for Giannis and the Bucs, maybe individually, maybe in conjunction, but ultimately, no matter what happens, it's going to be up to Giannis to decide what to do with that reality. Do we sit in it and be a one team star forever and do our best? And that's cool. And hope.

And all that's left to do now is for Giannis and the Bucs, maybe individually, maybe in conjunction, but ultimately, no matter what happens, it's going to be up to Giannis to decide what to do with that reality. Do we sit in it and be a one team star forever and do our best? And that's cool. And hope.

There's some miraculous set of events that delivers some talent here that I just could not possibly foresee. Or do we not? And that's just where we are. I don't want to get into like the fake trades. But look, the uncomfortable reality is there is no path to this team winning in the next three or four years. They don't control their draft. There's just nothing they can do.

There's some miraculous set of events that delivers some talent here that I just could not possibly foresee. Or do we not? And that's just where we are. I don't want to get into like the fake trades. But look, the uncomfortable reality is there is no path to this team winning in the next three or four years. They don't control their draft. There's just nothing they can do.

There's some miraculous set of events that delivers some talent here that I just could not possibly foresee. Or do we not? And that's just where we are. I don't want to get into like the fake trades. But look, the uncomfortable reality is there is no path to this team winning in the next three or four years. They don't control their draft. There's just nothing they can do.

And it's now just up to Giannis to sit with that and decide his career.

And it's now just up to Giannis to sit with that and decide his career.

And it's now just up to Giannis to sit with that and decide his career.

And also, you know what they can never take away? No one can ever take away the ring.