Why Giannis has a ‘ton of power' in picking his next destination
Yahoo Sports senior NBA analyst Kevin O’Connor is joined by NBA on Prime senior insider Chris Haynes to discuss what’s next in the likely trade of the Milwaukee Bucks superstar. Check out the full conversation on “The Kevin O’Connor Show” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen.
Video Transcript
How much power does Giannis have in dictating where he goes?
T- ton of power.
Ton of power.
I mean, obviously he has So after next season, he has a player option for the '20 Let me see, 2027.
Yeah, 2027, '28.
So basically, next season is the end of his, end of his contract.
Player option after that.
So if a team that he doesn't wanna go to say, "Hey, we wanna, you know," talk- tell Milwaukee, "Hey, we wanna trade.
We got the assets, we're gonna do this," word's gonna get back to Giannis and his camp and he's gonna say, "You know what?
You can do it, but you're only getting me for the season."
Or if they try to trade in-season, "You're only getting me for a, a six-month rental, and I'm out."
And you know, it was a s- a similar situation with, Kawhi Leonard and Toronto.
They ended up- With a chip making a deal.
They won a chip out of it.
But you know, it, it was a one-year rental.
I don't, I don't think that they'll, I don't think Toronto have any second thoughts about making that move.
It, it worked out in the short term.
But a- also, Toronto didn't give up any, you know, crazy assets to get Kawhi in the first place.
In part because the Spurs decided they want a more proven player- They wanted a veteran, yeah rather than an over, young, raw- Yeah, yeah Jaylen Brown type of a package.
And do we have any indication of what the Bucks are desiring in a return?
Yeah, they want young, promising players.
So you know, so obviously a team like Orlando, I'm looking at Orlando, see- seeing what they're gonna do.
Paulo Banchero?
Paulo Banchero l- I would think would have to be a part of it.
So like a Banchero, not a Jaylen Brown, that type of thing.
Yeah, yeah.
Paulo, I just, I- Jaylen's a third team for a young player type of something.
Correct.
Correct.
Okay.
Yeah, correct.
I don't see Jaylen in Milwaukee.
Yeah.
He'd have to be a, a, another team.
Um- Atlanta Atlanta, something like that.
Yeah.
And then, again, OKC, is it Does, does that interest them?
And I, I don't know.
I don't know that, just from the framework of their skillsets, Shai and Giannis, I don't know that they would be able to coexist.
But you know, we'll see.
But again, that's another reason why I have the spotlight on OKC.
