I've seen people propose Jaylen + more for Giannis on social media, but I'd still like to know what other teams are offering. I'm assuming the Spurs and Rockets won't go after him. Maybe the Knicks do if they don't reach the Finals, idk. But otherwise, is the best offer out there from Miami basically with Ware, Herro and picks?
I'd say the Knicks and Blazers are the best bets, and they could outbid us OR force the C's to send Jaylen Brown back. But otherwise, if there isn't a bidding war, I think you could get it done without Jaylen. We've seen disgruntled superstar players go for a lot less than expected and Giannis' age + injury history might add some intrigue. But I also think Giannis himself is done at MIL
Giannis's time in Milwaukee is over after all that locker room drama stirred by Doc Rivers and management.
But wow, Miami's package of Ware, Herro, and picks? Sounds meh lol. Give 'em Jaylen Brown straight up. Or, tell them to also throw in Myles Turner and the C's can throw in a couple more.
And why would we want Myles Turner? He?s getting paid $27m to do sweet FA. One of the worst contracts in the league. I?m sure.The only image people we can trade for him would be Hauser and another $17m of contracts when most of our remaining contracts are $2.7m vet mins. We would lose half our roster on a player who is even worse than Vucevic.
Turner is uninspiring, but we can actually just absorb him into our Simons TPE without sending back anything. It'd put us well into the tax, but it might serve as an incentive to make MIL choose our deal over the many others that will be out there. Turner does also fill a need, can defend the rim, and shoot 3s, so it's not a useless trade from our side.
We definitely should not be giving up anything to get him, though, In fact, it should lower the price drastically, meaning we send out no picks in a Jaylen deal.