Chapter 1: What teams are at risk of making trades before the deadline?
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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 ā it's a weird read. You know, like sometimes you read something and you're just like, man, this is ā Oh, it's such a silly update. This is a really weird read. And ā 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.
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Chapter 2: How is Giannis Antetokounmpo's trade situation impacting the Bucks?
I don't know who would put the Kings in going to make a stupid trade. But you know what? They're right. Whoever did that did a good job. Yeah. So let's start. Let's start with the Milwaukee Bucks.
They happen to be the first team right here. Trades to tank?
Yeah, trade to tank. They need to tank. This is the opportunity to do it. And they need to. Let's say that they do trade Giannis. They get picks. They get a young player. And let's say they get the second pick in the draft. then you're actually on your way to the next version of your team.
And by the way, the way these things work usually, as we've seen from Luka Doncic getting traded and the Mavs getting the number one pick and then Anthony Davis getting traded and the Pelicans getting the number one overall pick, they can't get the number one pick because that would be the Pelicans. They can get the number two pick.
They could get the number two pick, and it would be just as good. So I would have been surprised there.
Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah, they need to. I mean, because let's say that Giannis comes back, right? And even in a crazy world that he signs an extension, really the only way that you could convince him to do that, I think, is if Giannis sits out the rest of the season, they do tank, and then maybe they do get the number two pick with Giannis still on the team.
Mm-hmm.
But to me, that's not a path to winning a championship. That's a path to the middle for your team. And then having these two timelines of a guy who's really ready to win and then a guy who... I don't know if you take Cameron Boozer. I don't know who you're going to take to Bansa, who I don't think fits with Giannis all that well. But you pick the guy that you think is the best. Like, I...
I still don't think that team is contending for two or three years. Who knows how much longer Giannis is going to be at his peak? I think it's time.
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Chapter 3: What are the trade tiers for NBA teams and what do they mean?
see that i i that's how i want the draft i actually just just give me just give me the printout with the draft choices i don't need to watch the pop and circle i don't need printout is insane dude that is i don't need it dude that is just reading them that's like order is awful that's like your high school or college graduation that's not for that's not for them that's for their parents oh my god dave
Sometimes people say I'm on an island with this take. You are on an island with that take. Yeah, you totally are. All right. Raptors.
Could have been an email. I think they will probably... I would say future trades.
Okay.
they're going to get out of the tax. They're currently in the tax. I would be pretty surprised if they go for it. I don't even know what going for it would mean for this team. They're too far away to go for it. I agree with you. I don't think they're, they're at that point.
Also like this is, this is a team that will just because of the way that they operate, they will try to get involved in Giannis stuff. And I don't think they have what it takes to get Giannis unless they involve Scotty Barnes.
Right.
So, and I think that would be a mistake. Yeah, I agree. So, yeah, I think they just do future trades, maybe get a backup center, call it a day.
Yeah.
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Chapter 4: Which teams are looking to tank and why?
How do you feel about Scottie and Giannis on the same team? Obviously, defensively, it's kind of awesome. But offensively, I don't really understand how it works.
Yeah, that would be clunky. No doubt about that. Yeah, I think the fit would be weird. And Giannis needs shooters. If there's one thing the Raptors don't have, it's shooting. It's consistent shot making. So, I don't see a world in which they do it. Like... maybe you could convince yourself if Giannis was like, I want to go to Toronto, but I don't think he, he didn't do it when Messiah was there.
He's not going to do it now. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, Utah Jazz is the next team up on this team.
You know, they are in an interesting position because they are not as bad as their record appears. Yeah. But I think that they might be a future trade.
By design, they are not as bad as the record appears.
Yeah. They have an opportunity to both trade to tank a little bit better and to make themselves better next season. Does Nurkic have a market? I think he would.
I think he has proven himself. Yes, I think he's done that this year for sure.
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Chapter 5: What strategies are teams like the Lakers considering for trades?
I don't know.
I feel like somebody's going to trade for Al Horford, by the way. What if Al Horford goes back to Boston? He would actually be a great Raptors guy.
How would he do in Boston, you guys think? Could you see the fit? Well, you know, they'd have to massage the... Hornets. Charlotte Hornets. Future trade.
These guys are rolling right now. Maybe gets traded. I think Colin Sexton gets moved. I think Colin Sexton is going to be Minnesota's backup plan if they can't get Kobe White or someone like that.
yeah and he works for them that's fine i think he works for them from a cultural perspective too yeah he's yeah he went through a wall he competes yeah trade bridges trade grant williams josh green any of those guys sure yep yeah i probably should have a poster on my wall from that time that he that he went three on five against you know when he was in alabama
That's one of the coolest things I've ever seen a basketball player do was Colin Sexton going three on five in college. That was amazing.
I'll have to look that up. I don't think I remember that. I love the smack in the hardwood thing. That's one of my favorite Colin Sexton highlights.
Yeah, because it's usually like Steve Wojciechowski doing that. Yeah, yeah. Right? It's not some guy with a nickname that's the Young Bull, which is one of the best nicknames ever. That's a good one.
Yeah. Zards, they already made their big trade.
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