GIANNIS THREAD: Giannis has SIGNED the Supermax

[SleepingHero]

Giannis, c'mon man.

TBH radio silence from his crowd is the best possible scenario for a team vying for his services next summer. 

Even still radio silence from Giannis doesn't and shouldn't signal he's not resigning all-together. Giannis signing his supermax right now just doesn't make sense. He objectively shouldn't do it. EVEN if he wants to remain in MIL. He holds ALL the leverage by not resigning. Nothing next season will/can change the possibility of him getting that contract. It WILL be there. 

So why should he forego the opportunity to keep the pressure on the MIL front office and ownership group? If he locks in now, the Bucks don't have to do ANYTHING. Even if Giannis asks for a trade, they don't have to honor it. If Giannis wants the Bucks to be a legit championship contender, the threat of him leaving is the biggest weapon he can use to spur a historically frugal and ineffectual franchise into going all in. 

And it should speak mountains that in what might be one of the most pivotal offseasons in franchise history, the Bucks largely swung and miss by NOT making the big trade. Yes Holiday was a great get, but is he alone worth 5 picks? Wouldn't CP3 have been just as good if not better than Holiday and cost a fraction of the price? Not to mention that they gave up George Hill, who by all accounts was a key rotation player and turned in a helluva season last year (9/3/3/ on 51/46/85). And then we get into the whole Bogdon debacle where from every angle it was FUBAR. I understand the argument that almost every team tampers and if you don't you're behind, but allowing a leak of a finalized SnT deal for a RFA days before free agency actually began where it is literally impossible to talk without tampering is insane. 

Further, if we analyze the rest of their offseason, the Bucks FO messing things up didn't stop there. They completely botched Pat Connaughton's deal (here's a great little thread detailing the ineptitude of the Bucks FO https://twitter.com/squaresense/status/1...0736750595). Their next game changing signings are DJ Augustine overpay (seriously 3/21?), Bobby "Black Eye" Portis, Torrey Craig (*I actually like this signing but it's not a game changer), and Nik Stauskas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEK_d-SFfCQ&ab_channel=AdamSpinella). 


The Bucks lost Robin Lopez, Wes Matthews, Bledsoe, Hill, Korver, and Marvin Williams. And replaced them with what was said above. On paper, does this look like the offseason splash everyone was asking from the Bucks to ensure Giannis they care about winning it all? They addressed almost zero of the issues that prevented teams from enforcing the "Giannis Rules". 

Giannis should and probably will hold out. Nothing is going to change. That won't stop E!SPN from trying to weave an entire narrative from something that should be a non-factor and is the smartest basketball decision from all sides.