The competitive landscape of the NBA hung on Monday evening during the potential lottery -apocalyps. The Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs Fountaym themselves as the last two teams that combine the right to the TV broadcast for the rights to combine Cooper Flagg. The prospect that Flagg cooperates with Victor Wembanyama Wouled has spent the idea of parity that the competition has worked to cultivate, as a result of which the two best prospects of their generation were coupled in their career.
Inserder, the tracks were drowned at number 2, which means that the MAVS were subject to the lucky winners of the lottery with only a 1.8 percent chance from the 11th place in the drawing.
Flagg just went to the Lakers to the headlines just a few months after the franchise Luka Doncic had traded. The Spurs Landing at No. 2 in general is also a wild results given their rumors of the second best available active on the NBA market this summer.
The Giannis Antetokounmpo Sweepstakes have not really started yet, but it only feels like a matter of time. Antetokounmpo is reported Giannis, you have flirted with departure earlier, but this year it is after Damian Lillard’s torn Achilles and with the limited ammunition of the bucks to make a large trade back in real content.
The tracks were on our list of Giannis suits of the Vry -Begin. As Antenotokounmpo Waks to play with another starting player and compete, they land alongside Wembanyama Sems as his best bet, even with a relocation of the easier Eastern Conference to the Murate Difficul West. Landing of the No. 2 Pick and the rights to Rutgers guarding Dylan Harper makes them a lot more attractive for Antetokounmpo and gives them a legitimate chance of getting him.
First, let’s add the players to make the salaries work.
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Now let’s take the concept compensation. The Spurs already exchanged their 2027 picks for De’aararon Fox in February. That means they can exchange their 2026 or 2028, broth from the Stepien rule. Fortunately, San Antonio has few scoops from other teams, and that is great for the bucks, who probably want to diversify their Picks portfolio.
Here is a realistic Picks package back to Milwaukee: Atlanta’s 2027 Pick, Boston’s 2028 Pick, The Spurs’ 2029 Pick. That makes the traces look like this:
San Antonio Spurs gets:
Milwaukee Bucks gets:
- Stephon Castle
- No. 2 General choice in 2025
- Hawks’ 2027 First Round Pick
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Celtics’ 2028 First-contact Pick
- Spurs’ 2029 First-Contond Pick
- Harrison Barnes
- Keldon Johnson
Do the Spurs have to make this offer?
There is a matter that the traces are better off on their assets for the time being than to catch up with Giannis. There is no doubt that Giannis is currently a top 3 player in the world, but he turns 31 in December, and he is hardly any physical pounds with a few precious injuries. Giannis does not have a three -point shot and he has always been very familiar with his athletics, which is scary for a player because he has ages. Stephon Castle has just won Rookie of the Year, Harper is a different good prospect of number 2 this season, and those are many future choices that can be traced for a player that fits better with the Wembanyama timeline.
Yet I would do this as the traces.
For Wembanyama attotokounmpo pairs would be great on bots off the floor. The defensive benefit speaks for itself; This was the best defense foundation in the competition. I also like the attacking fit if the Spurs can get a few shooters on the Roster. Wembanyama could be room for Giannis, the Spurs can falter their minute to always have one superstar on the floor, the rebound would be overwhelming if buck plays, and the transition opportunities caused by their defense became very efficient.
A tweet went around on Tuesday from a Spurs fan that said: “Castle/Harper can be subject to SGA/J-DUB in 4-5 years.” The most likely scenario is that none of these players ever is as good as Jalen Williams, let alone Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Castle is a poor shoter who can’t even make his free throws, let alone three. He scored far below the League average efficiency as Rookie with 52 percent real shooting. I liked that his defense came from UConn, but he feels most suitable as a fourth starter in an elite team, and that is not to play you when you are on the table. I love Harper more than Castle as a prospect, but he also has submissive who makes him less than a SLAM Dunk at number 2.
Spurs -fans will say that this is much to offer for Giannis. They are right, but it may still not be the best package there is.
Do the bucks have to take the range of Spurs for Giannis?
I think it is possible that the bucks can do better than this.
I mentioned the Houston Rockets the largest Giannis -freely. Houston can offer better and more attractive young players with higher picks at the top. When the rockets built an offer around Amen Thompson with two by Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason and Reed Sheppard, plus the perspective of the Phoenix Suns’ Cruz Milwaukee. It is possible that the Oklahoma City Thunder also gets the 2025 championship in the Giannis Derby if Don’s does not win.
The bucks want a bidding war if they exchange Giannis, and the traces that land number 2 in the lottery certainly helps. It will probably take a huge package to get Antetokounmpo, and it is the reality you need from the Perspective of Milwaukee, given that they do not control their own future assets and cannot properly refuel. It will be a stressful decision for the event with a party, but this time it feels like it will happen.
