Alright, so I gotta tell you about this Giannis trade thing I was messing around with today. Started off just kinda daydreaming, you know, typical NBA offseason brainrot.
First thing I did was hop onto one of those trade machine sites. You know the ones, ESPN’s or Fanspo, doesn’t really matter. I just wanted to see what kinda crazy stuff I could cook up. I started with the Bucks, obviously, since we’re talking about Giannis. I was like, “Okay, if they were gonna blow it up, what would they want?”
Then I started fiddling around. My initial thought was, “Okay, gotta get some young talent and a boatload of draft picks.” So, I started looking at teams with a lot of assets. The Thunder were the first team that popped into my head. They got picks for days.
Next up, the headache. Figuring out the salaries is always a pain. You gotta make the money work, right? So, I was trying to match Giannis’s massive salary with a combo of players from OKC. I threw in Shai, figured that was a starting point. But then I needed more salary filler, so I added Lu Dort and some of their expiring contracts.
After that, draft picks, draft picks, draft picks! I wanted like, every pick they had for the next five years. Okay, maybe not every pick, but a whole bunch. Like, unprotected first-rounders. Three or four, at least. Then some seconds thrown in for good measure.
I kept tweaking and adjusting, adding and subtracting players, and messing with the picks until the trade machine finally gave me the green light. It looked kinda wild, honestly. Like, the Thunder would basically be betting their entire future on Giannis, but the Bucks would be set up for a serious rebuild.
Finally, I showed it to my buddies. They laughed at me, of course. Said it was totally unrealistic. But hey, that’s the fun of it, right? Just dreaming up these crazy scenarios. It was a fun way to kill an afternoon, anyway.
