06-26-2022, 02:09 PM
(06-26-2022, 10:12 AM)mvossman Wrote: This is not correct. The Bucks traded for Jrue Holiday (the perfect pairing with Luka) for Bledsoe and George Hill. That is not any better than Dinwiddie + THJ (probably worse).
Holiday wasn’t valued back then the way he would be now. The general reaction at the time was that MIL overpaid and acted out of desperation to keep Giannis. He’s a good example of buy low that worked out, but i’m more thinking of Durant/Lillard level of player who’s going to create a bidding war.