Trade for Greek freak ?

[GreenlyGreeny]

I've been thinking about this since the Bucks got eliminated. I'd tried everything but Tatum.

We just say “take whatever you want that isn’t tatum”

This if necessary. I think JB on his long contract with 5 first-round picks ought to do the trick. Giannis will sign the supermax right away since he’d be as close to home as possible with one of the legendary franchises of the NBA, so we immediately have the unstoppable Giannis/Tatum duo for the next 5-15 years. It’s a no-brainer for all involved, including Milwaukee because Giannis has seen what AD did for himself by leaving New Orleans (going down in history as an all-time great Laker even if they lose these finals somehow).

Supermax not allowed since his contract would not be with the team that originally drafted him, but I would 'require' that he sign an extension once he is traded. This is a fantasy world scenario, but we do legit have the pieces to at least entice MIL to consider it. Giannis would have to want the Cs like AD wanted the Lakers, though.

Edit: And, yes, this. No way would I include Tatum.

Trading Tatum for Giannis doesn't make us better than the Bucks are now.

It's pointless getting Giannis if we can't play him alongside Tatum.

is a “sign and trade”  An option to get Giannis locked into the supermax ?

Absolutely.

[Somebody]

I've been thinking about this since the Bucks got eliminated. I'd tried everything but Tatum.

We just say “take whatever you want that isn’t tatum”

This if necessary. I think JB on his long contract with 5 first-round picks ought to do the trick. Giannis will sign the supermax right away since he’d be as close to home as possible with one of the legendary franchises of the NBA, so we immediately have the unstoppable Giannis/Tatum duo for the next 5-15 years. It’s a no-brainer for all involved, including Milwaukee because Giannis has seen what AD did for himself by leaving New Orleans (going down in history as an all-time great Laker even if they lose these finals somehow).

Supermax not allowed since his contract would not be with the team that originally drafted him, but I would 'require' that he sign an extension once he is traded. This is a fantasy world scenario, but we do legit have the pieces to at least entice MIL to consider it. Giannis would have to want the Cs like AD wanted the Lakers, though.

Edit: And, yes, this. No way would I include Tatum.

Trading Tatum for Giannis doesn't make us better than the Bucks are now.

It's pointless getting Giannis if we can't play him alongside Tatum.

is a “sign and trade”  An option to get Giannis locked into the supermax ?

Absolutely.

That would be an "extend and trade" I think, we did that with Garnett in the summer of '07.

[CelticsElite]

I've been thinking about this since the Bucks got eliminated. I'd tried everything but Tatum.

We just say “take whatever you want that isn’t tatum”

This if necessary. I think JB on his long contract with 5 first-round picks ought to do the trick. Giannis will sign the supermax right away since he’d be as close to home as possible with one of the legendary franchises of the NBA, so we immediately have the unstoppable Giannis/Tatum duo for the next 5-15 years. It’s a no-brainer for all involved, including Milwaukee because Giannis has seen what AD did for himself by leaving New Orleans (going down in history as an all-time great Laker even if they lose these finals somehow).

Supermax not allowed since his contract would not be with the team that originally drafted him, but I would 'require' that he sign an extension once he is traded. This is a fantasy world scenario, but we do legit have the pieces to at least entice MIL to consider it. Giannis would have to want the Cs like AD wanted the Lakers, though.

Edit: And, yes, this. No way would I include Tatum.

Trading Tatum for Giannis doesn't make us better than the Bucks are now.

It's pointless getting Giannis if we can't play him alongside Tatum.

is a “sign and trade”  An option to get Giannis locked into the supermax ?

Absolutely.

That would be an "extend and trade" I think, we did that with Garnett in the summer of '07.

that one certainly worked out

[Vermont Green]

Trading for Giannis would alter the trajectory of the franchise much like the Garnett trade.  I just don't see it happening, certainly not without including Tatum.  Of course, I never thought we would be able to trade for Garnett so who knows.

[RJ87]

I've been thinking about this since the Bucks got eliminated. I'd tried everything but Tatum.

We just say “take whatever you want that isn’t tatum”

This if necessary. I think JB on his long contract with 5 first-round picks ought to do the trick. Giannis will sign the supermax right away since he’d be as close to home as possible with one of the legendary franchises of the NBA, so we immediately have the unstoppable Giannis/Tatum duo for the next 5-15 years. It’s a no-brainer for all involved, including Milwaukee because Giannis has seen what AD did for himself by leaving New Orleans (going down in history as an all-time great Laker even if they lose these finals somehow).

Supermax not allowed since his contract would not be with the team that originally drafted him, but I would 'require' that he sign an extension once he is traded. This is a fantasy world scenario, but we do legit have the pieces to at least entice MIL to consider it. Giannis would have to want the Cs like AD wanted the Lakers, though.

Edit: And, yes, this. No way would I include Tatum.

Trading Tatum for Giannis doesn't make us better than the Bucks are now.

It's pointless getting Giannis if we can't play him alongside Tatum.

is a “sign and trade”  An option to get Giannis locked into the supermax ?

Absolutely.

It's not. Under the CBA, he's only be able to get what he'd get from a new team in free agency in an extend & trade. The purpose of the supermax is incentivize star players to stay with the team that drafted them. He can only be traded after the 1st year of the supermax is over.

[Who]

Should we seriously consider this ? He’s got 1 year left.

If he will commit to being here long term - yes.


If he will not commit to being here long term and chooses to use this trade opportunity to test out whether he likes Boston or not - no.

I am not giving up someone as valuable as Jaylen Brown or Jayson Tatum without a firm commitment from Giannis that he stay here.

[KGs Knee]

I'm not sure what we could realistically trade for Giannis.  No way I'm giving up Tatum and I don't think all of our other assets combined would be enough.

But, sure, if we could pull it off without sending out Tatum, sign me up.

[jambr380]

We could always just try to sign him in 2021. I understand this would mean letting Hayward walk and likely salary dumping Kemba, but that is the cost of doing business. Moving forward with Giannis, Tatum, and Brown as our core would be insane and we would still have Smart, Langford, TL, and any rookies we select this year. If Giannis really does decide to leave MIL, we will have a pretty incredible situation for him here in Boston. We would be contenders for the next 10 years. DAL is really the only other team that is comparable, and that is assuming you are optimistic of Porzingis' future health.

[gouki88]

We could always just try to sign him in 2021. I understand this would mean letting Hayward walk and likely salary dumping Kemba, but that is the cost of doing business. Moving forward with Giannis, Tatum, and Brown as our core would be insane and we would still have Smart, Langford, TL, and any rookies we select this year. If Giannis really does decide to leave MIL, we will have a pretty incredible situation for him here in Boston. We would be contenders for the next 10 years. DAL is really the only other team that is comparable, and that is assuming you are optimistic of Porzingis' future health.

I love Kemba and Hayward even more.

I would be the first to pack their bags if it meant we had a shot at signing of Giannis.