Yahoo Sports senior NBA analyst Kevin O’Connor and NBA contributor Tom Haberstroh discuss the potential deal between Milwaukee and Oklahoma City – why it would work and the impact it would have on the league. Check out the full conversation on “The Kevin O’Connor Show” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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The only team with a bunch of first-round picks that could win on the other side Tom is from Oklahoma City Thunder and I do not I think this will happen, but this is the deal That would break the NBA; it would make people Quit watching basketball if they send Isaiah Hartenstein, Aaron Wiggins.
Isaiah Joe, Nikola Topi, and as many picks as it would take.
To go get Giannis.
This is a deal that should never happen, Should be banned, but it would turn them Potentially into the 1960s Celtics.
So, I wouldnt fault them if they ended up going for it.
I don’t think it will happen, but they have the ammo to make the best offer on the table.
Which is the crazy thing in all of them.
They could make the best offer if they wished to.
It is a debate worth having: is OKC the trump card over all of these?
Trades depend on how many picks they have, Kev.
It’s, it’s… Would you do it if you’re OK?
Would you do it?
Tom?
Would you trade for Giannis if you were Sam?
You would, if you’re Sam Preston; you would do it.
Yeah, if it meant I didn’t give up Chet Holmgren, um, I would do this deal.
I would do this deal, and I, And I know the counterargument is, look, they’re basically on an 80-win pace now Without Giannis and Anna.
Why would you fix something that isnt broken?
And I would say the team is so SGA-heavy, right now.
I mean, JWB is back, but the weight on SGA’s shoulders and all he does for this Team on both ends of the floor; it’s incredible.
And I think in today’s NBA, you gotta have Multiple horses, and that’s why I think that Giannis’ trade to OKC would make sense Giving up chat or J-Dub.
Yeah, dude.
Yeah, come on.
You, you’re saying, you think about it.
Right?
You think about it.
Mhm.
Are youwould you do it?
Yeah, I would do it.
Hartenstein’s going to be a free agent in another year.
It, you know, some of these other guys are going to be big-money free agents who have to be Replaced eventually.
It’s just the reality of the situation.
Thunder.
At some point, it’s going to happen.
These guys are going to get big money deals elsewhere.
And so, if you can consolidate some of those, pieces.
And Giannis and DeKopo.
Yes, please.
Yes, please.
But that deal above all other deals, he could go to the Rockets, He could go to the Lakers.
No deal would break the NBA more than Giannis.
Going to the Thunder.
It would just be absurd if that ended up.
Happening, Tom?
Absurd.
