With buying and selling a participant like Giannis Antetokounmpo, it might appear to be the Bucks maintain all of the playing cards, however Brian Windhorst has defined why that’s not the case.
Shams began the Giannis to New York rumors again up once more simply in time for the season tip-off.
And Giannis positive did job of stoking the fireplace as nicely.
“I’ve stated this many occasions, I need to be in a state of affairs that I can win and now I’m right here,” he informed The Athletic. “I consider on this group…Now, if in six, seven months, I modify my thoughts I feel that’s human too,” he stated. “You’re allowed to make any determination you need, however I’m locked in. I’m locked into this group. I’m locked into these guys, to this group and to this teaching workers and to myself.”
Windy says the Bucks star made it very clear to everybody how lengthy he has left on the Bucks.
“Giannis gave you all the reply– 6, 7 months,” the ESPN reporter stated. “He didn’t pull that out of skinny air… the league is getting ready for the tip of his tenure in Milwaukee.”
Windhorst went on to clarify how the Knicks are in a ‘respectable place’ to commerce for the two-time MVP.
“I really suppose the Knicks are in respectable place right here, let me let you know why, as a result of the Bucks don’t management their draft,” Windhorst stated. “For the subsequent 5 years, they’re nonetheless paying off the debt from constructing that championship group and people championship contenders. If the Bucks ever attain a place the place they really feel like they must commerce Giannis, they will’t tank, they don’t management their draft.
“So in the event you’re going to make a Giannis commerce, it’s most likely going to be a participant based mostly commerce.”
Windhorst shed additional mild on the state of affairs, and the way Giannis may have performed issues completely.
“Most significantly, after this season, Giannis solely has one yr on his contract, ” he stated. “So whether or not you bought into Giannis doubtlessly eager to revisit this in mid-season or whether or not you bought into it within the six or seven-month timeline that he has given us so generously, you would need to take a look at a spot the place Giannis would need to be. This wouldn’t be an open bidding struggle. You wouldn’t have a state of affairs such as you had with Dame Lillard the place you could possibly have a market he doesn’t need you to return in. He would have some management. And a part of me believes the explanation he didn’t go full bore into the commerce demand this summer season — the place he form of sat round and didn’t make noise about it in June and July and didn’t make a transfer till the August — was as a result of he knew that he would have way more management subsequent yr. And so if that occurs, then you definately’re taking a look at a group like Golden State or a group like New York who may leverage Giannis’ need to be in an enormous market — which I feel goes to be an element.”
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