What teams NEED to make a trade | Morning Shoot Around
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What teams are at risk of making trades before the deadline?
Welcome to the Morning Shootaround here on the Athletic NBA Daily. We're live on our YouTube page. We would love to have you join us on a weekly basis, usually around 1 o'clock Eastern time, which I know is not the morning. But you know what? For people like Dave and Zena, it is. That's right. So in your face, everybody else. All right. The trade deadline is eight days away. We did have a report drop yesterday. today about yannis which is exciting and i all i can think about is we're doing a studio show next week in chicago at the athletic football show studio that's right for the trade deadline we're going to be broadcasting from 8 a.m central all the way probably until like 2 30 3 o'clock ish so we will be live we would love to have you join us then as well
And all I can think about is, please, Milwaukee Bucks, one, wait until next Thursday. Yeah, please wait. And then two, please trade him. So the report is – it's a weird read. You know, like sometimes you read something and you're just like, man, this is – Oh, it's such a silly update. This is a really weird read. And – Here it is. Two times.
Chat GPT. Tell me how to make a vague trade request from a player, please. I don't know.
This is even like a level above chat GPT.
Is there an em dash in it? I haven't actually looked at the report. Hey, em dashes are useful, by the way.
They are. I was an em dash early.
Em dashes were invented in 2009.
All right, Dave, let me read the tweet. I don't believe you. I got to read this tweet. Two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo is ready for a new home at the February 5th NBA trade deadline or in the offseason as several rival teams make aggressive offers to the Milwaukee Bucks for him, and the franchise is starting to listen, league sources tell ESPN.
This does sound like a WWE promo, you know, like one of those wrestling. This just makes me think, I mean, if you're watching on YouTube, you could see my face, but you guys know the woman that does the kombucha tasting that like taste the first part of the kombucha. I have no idea what you're talking about, you know, and then she's like, hmm oh i remember yeah i remember yeah yeah and then she's like no no no no no and that's exactly how i feel as i'm reading that it's like wait okay but kaboom is good though is this something yes that's not the point dave the point is all the emotions you go through as you read the tweet you're just like if you're another gm you're like oh he's ready for another home right now or at the end of the season
But it's just like, where are we at?
Where do we land? I mean, we're kind of in the same place that we've always been, where Shams has been slow playing these reports for a long time now. And it's really just Giannis and his agent that are like, we'd love to leave, but we also would love to stay. But leaving is also good. And staying also, as long as you think we want to stay, that's what we want you to believe.
That's it, Andrew. He learned the Damian Lillard playbook like a tea. If there was one thing Giannis picked up from playing with Dame was how do I amicably break up with my long-term team without sounding like I'm trying to break up with my long-term team.
But you know what the problem there is? I think he's worn out the bucks fans a little bit on this. Yeah.
Yeah. How would you feel if you're a bucks fan right now? Like I would be annoyed. Like, come on, let's just do this.
They could have been tanking this year. You know, I mean, this just sets them back, you know, a half a season basically. I mean, we'll see. They, they could still definitely tank. I was about to say, yeah, let's not be too concerned. But if they hang on to him until the off season, I mean, he's not going to play anymore this year. Right. That pretty clear that he's not gonna play for the bucks again. And if they trade him during the offseason, maybe they can get more. I just don't know. I mean, I think if I'm a team that's thinking about trading for Giannis, I'd like to do it right now, especially if I'm in the East, because you have a shot at making the finals.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What teams are at risk of making trades before the deadline?
0:08–6:31
2
How is Giannis Antetokounmpo's trade situation impacting the Bucks?
6:31–20:34
3
What are the trade tiers for NBA teams and what do they mean?
20:34–21:48
4
Which teams are looking to tank and why?
21:48–58:24
5
What strategies are teams like the Lakers considering for trades?
58:24–1:07:48