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Message: [QUOTE="Melancer46, post: 5603413, member: 1674"] I think the Hawks are one of the teams that should absolutely consider making a trade for him and can actually make an interesting offer for him. Assuming they keep Trae in such a trade, I think Porzingis would need to be included (and even if Trae IS in the trade, I think you could make a case for a Porzingis-Turner swap to be in there too that benefits both parties if it means Milwaukee getting one more asset out of them). My ranking of the teams that I could at least kinda see pursuing a Giannis trade (ignoring reports to the contrary for now because who knows what is and what isn't just posturing) would probably look something like: [LIST=1] [*][B]Atlanta [/B]- Would want both Jalen Johnson and the other half of our pick swap with New Orleans. If forced to settle for just one of those, honestly not sure where I'd land. [*][B]OKC [/B]- Would prioritize Jalen Williams over Chet but am fine with either of them being a centerpiece. Feels extremely unlikely though. [*][B]San Antonio [/B]- Would want both Harper and Castle. Would prioritize Harper if only getting one of them. If the reports are true that neither are on the table, then they simply are not a trade partner. [*][B]Houston [/B]- Not sure who I'd prioritize between Sengun and Amen and also not sure who Houston would prefer to keep in this scenario, but both are good centerpieces. [*][B]Orlando [/B]- Have to be getting Paolo or Wagner to make any sense. [*][B]Toronto[/B] - Would have to be centered around Scottie Barnes. [*][B]Cleveland[/B] - Due to the Cavs' luxury tax situation, it's extremely complicated to make a trade that works financially. Think you'd basically have to send Mobley to Milwaukee and Garland to a 3rd team while dumping a lot of salary. One package that I've found that works financially is Cleveland sending those two out and getting Giannis and a relatively cheap piece from Brooklyn (Ziaire Williams, Haywood Highsmith, something like that) and Milwaukee gets Mobley, Terance Mann, and one of Highsmith/Ziaire and presumably picks). [*][B]Golden State [/B]- From here on down, I'm probably just opting to keep Giannis and if we lose him for nothing, so be it. But Golden State can at least offer a bunch of future 1st round picks and maybe letting Kuminga go off for Milwaukee for a bit allows you to flip him for an asset in the future. [*][B]Miami[/B] - I guess the package is likely Herro, Ware, Jaquez, and 2 first round picks and as many pick swaps as they can muster? Just doesn't interest me personally. [*][B]Lakers [/B]- Would basically be built around Austin Reaves, who can leave in free agency, so pretty much a non-starter unless you know he'll sign long-term and even then, it's a weak package. [*][B]New York [/B]- Just nothing remotely interesting to build a trade around. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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