02-05-2026, 01:59 PM
(02-05-2026, 12:41 PM)Dirknows Wrote: I just don’t know if Giannis is ever going to make a trade demand. He may become indifferent to playing for Milwaukee and they decide to trade him, but I don’t see why he’d want to tarnish his Milwaukee hero status by requesting a trade. He is basically to Milwaukee what Dirk was to us.
Right. I watched a podcast the other day that hinted at this game of cat and mouse in pretty explicit terms. They basically accused Giannis of playing up his latest injury (he was talking about how long he'd be out during that night's press conference before he had even had the necessary examinations to determine the type/severity of the injury) in an attempt to motivate MIL to trade him without him having to publicly ask. He seems to be REALLY focussed on avoiding that part, and MIL seems to be REALLY determined not to trade him, if we're paying attention. I honestly think they're going to force him to go there, and they are probably right to do so. That franchise just doesn't have many chances at players like him.