Should the Wizards trade the No. 1 pick to acquire Giannis?
The Kevin O'Connor Show discusses if it is worth trading the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft to acquire Giannis.
Video Transcript
The Wizards are going to, quote, "explore their options" and suggested Giannis as a potential target for them.
I would not put the number one pick on the table for Giannis.
Would you?
No.
I don't know, man.
Going from what was, like, a fairly fun, young core that was being built in Washington, and is still being built in Washington, with Alex Sarr and Keyshawn George and Will Riley and Trey Johnson and, like, I really loved Will Riley at the end of the year this year.
And obviously Keyshawn had a strong rookie season and, you know, moved that forward into his sophomore year.
Sarr got better this year.
Like, I can't imagine being like, "Hey, you know what's a good idea?
Let's trade for 30-plus-year-old Anthony Davis, 30-plus-year-old Giannis Antetokounmpo," you know, getting toward his 30s, Trae Young, in a position where I think that the wear and tear of a player probably comes a little bit earlier than in their 30s.
And just deciding to go all in with that core for, what, two years?
When the entirety of what Michael Winger and Will Dawkins have been doing up to this point is accumulating assets, accumulating fun, young talent across the board, to then maybe build something like what Oklahoma City has done, which is a nice self-sustaining ecosystem of talent
