Dubs Talk: Chris Mullin analyzes Bucks' power, desires in possible Giannis trade
On "Dubs Talk," NBC Sports analyst Chris Mullin analyzes the Milwaukee Bucks' control and power over a possible Giannis Antetokounmpo trade.
Dubs Talk: Chris Mullin analyzes Bucks' power, desires in possible Giannis trade originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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There's a deadline for a reason.
that, that puts a little more pressure on, on both sides to a degree, but as you said, Monty, the Milwa- Milwaukee Bucks are holding all the cards.
Now, Giannis is gonna have a say on where he goes.
but for the most part throughout his career, he's been very cooperative with the, with the organization.
It's been a collaborative effort to put players around him.
They've, they've done a pretty good job.
They've won a championship, and even last year, putting Damian Lillard around him, although injury, you know, sidetracked that whole deal, they've made a, a lot of efforts to put the right players around him.
so if you're the Warriors, Minnesota, Miami, at this point, really, the Milwaukee Bucks are putting the deal together.
It's not a deal that they're gonna turn down, really, you know.
You put your offer on the table, if they come back and say, "I want this," you're, you're not gonna say no.
so I think what's going on is they're, they're looking at the best deals they can get between now and Thursday.
Like you said, if it's something that they really feel great about as far as picks and players, they may pull it off.
But also what they might do is take all those great offers and say, "Look, we'll put these on hold.
Let's talk, in June before the draft."
and as you said, more teams become involved, more picks will be available.
And but maybe the most important part, Monty, is you'll know exactly where those picks are- Mm-hmm ... after the season.
Right now, getting five picks, you have no idea where those picks land.
When the season's over, you can pinpoint some of those picks and say, "I want that pick."
Yeah.
"You know, go get me these three picks, and give me this player, and we have a deal."
Right now, for the Bucks, you know, it could look good on paper, but you, you could be a little bit more sure of what those picks are, and you can really pinpoint players.
you know, you look back at the OKC deal that they did.
Everyone talks about OKC with all those picks they have.
Mm-hmm.
But the main component was Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, which was the trade with those picks.
Yeah.
You would think Milwaukee, of course, the picks are a huge factor, but I do think they want a, a player that they can build with moving forward, maybe two.
Mm-hmm.
So, from the, from the Warriors' standpoint, do they love Kuminga?
I don't know that.
