ESPN NBA analyst Brian Windhorst does suppose there’s a pathway to the Warriors buying Giannis Antetokounmpo, but when it comes to 1 factor, they aren’t going to win out.
“Sure, there’s a bundle that the Warriors might use,” Windhorst stated on ESPN’s Get Up. “They’ve some future draft picks. They’ve attention-grabbing younger gamers. Like final yr, Brandon Podziemski was off limits. Who is aware of if that’s going to be the case this yr? However they’ll’t win a bidding conflict.
“First off, I simply wish to say Giannis has not let it’s recognized he actually desires out of Milwaukee, so I don’t suppose we should always assume that. If we do attain that time the place Giannis was going to go searching, he could have company on this. He has two years left on his contract. The Bucks don’t must take heed to him. But when he have been to come back to Milwaukee and say, I wish to play with Steph [Curry], there may very well be a deal labored out. The identical would apply, in my opinion, to the [New York] Knicks or [Los Angeles Lakers], if he says I wish to be a Knicks, ship me to New York or I wish to be a Laker. These are massive ifs. These trades can get labored out. But when it’s simply an open market, none of these three groups, in my view, might win a bidding conflict with the Bucks.”
The Warriors have been linked to Antetokounmpo in a number of offseasons prior to now, however nothing concrete has ever occurred.
Possibly with Steph’s window closing, they’ll take a leaf out of the Lakers guide and attempt to signal Giannis.
ESPN’s Bobby Marks famous that the Warriors have 4 tradeable future first-round draft picks in 2026, 2028, 2030 (if picks 1 via 20) and 2032, and Golden State can provide first-round decide swaps in any of the following seven years.
For the reason that Bucks and the Warriors seasons have each come to and finish, followers are pulling all types of theories and knowledge out.
Some followers famous that Giannis was the one non-Warriors participant at Steph Curry’s All-Star after social gathering.
You understand what they are saying, those that social gathering collectively play on the identical NBA workforce collectively.
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