12-02-2025, 04:20 PM
(12-02-2025, 03:45 PM)Nowitzki Way Wrote: For this extremely hypothetical exercise I'm slightly ignoring age. I'm looking at in hindsight knowing that Luka was already traded. You asked me a year ago i wouldn't have traded Luka for ANYONE straight up. Not the older guys in the 28-30 range like Giannis, Jokic, Booker, Tatum or the mid twenties guys like Shai, Maxey, Edwards. Not even a 21 year old Wemby.
But knowing what we know now, i'd rather have all of those guys over AD. I think i'd take Giannis over Jokic because watching 80+ games of Jokic with that sloppy body lumbering down the court would kill me. I'd rather see Giannis run like a gazelle up and down the court and dominate the way he does. Just aesthetic thing when it comes to picking between those two.
And to the pointless part. From my point of view, agreed, no way they would want AD. But Nico shouldnt have wanted him for Luka either. If you really break it down. What if the Bucks see it the way Nico did. Get a star player for star player vs a boatload of picks. I doubt it. But thats the only way. The salary is literally identical.
But the Bucks have to be smarter right? They put Giannis on the block and trade to the highest bid. I feel like teams would trade multiple young players plus multiple 1sts for Giannis.
i'd be afraid that OKC would be willing to throw all their picks at Milwakukee and create a Dynasty for next half decade
I get the aesthetic view, but even from a fit perspective I think Jokic makes more sense next to Flagg.
I try not to spend much time on trades that depend on the other GM being stupid (especially anywhere near as stupid as Nico). I can stretch it a little, like Chicago going after an elite hometown player even though the timeline is not right, but that's about as far as I go.