Multiple MAJOR Giannis Trade Updates - This is Getting Crazy | Raptors News

We have multiple major Giannis Antetokounmpo trade updates to discuss as the entire NBA is watching Milwaukee, watching Giannis in terms of what they are going to do moving forward after the disastrous end of the season. None closer than Masai Ujiri, who's been after Giannis Antetokounmpo for years. However, with these recent reports and some more regarding the asking price for Giannis, it is making me more and more worried about what the Raptors will have to give up if they do go all out in pursuing Giannis in one of these trades. So we're going to break down what the reports are saying regarding Giannis Antetokounmpo, what the Bucks' plans are if he does end up getting traded, and frankly, why that is very concerning for Toronto Raptors fans. So lots of stuff to break down, lots of stuff to discuss out here in this video. But before we do, folks, you guys have been crushing it, hitting that subscribe button. If you're part of the 52% that haven't hit it just yet, hit that free red button down below. Then make sure you guys hit that sub button so you join the community we're building out here on Raptors Digest. But let's dive into it, because there is a lot of stuff to really sink our teeth into. Of course, as with anything I break down, you know, all the stuff that's going on before. Essentially, two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo has not made any firm decisions, but for the first time in his career, he's open-minded about whether his best fit is remaining in Milwaukee or playing elsewhere. So, we've seen this. This came out last week. And then Chris Haynes also revealed the Bucks made contact with Giannis, and they scheduled a meeting for this week that is going to be crucial about the future of the organization. so that stuff we knew that's not novel that stuff isn't crazy there what's getting very very interesting is this latest report is coming from Eric Pinkus revealing that several agents polled at a recent NBA combine in Chicago believe that the former MVP will direct the Bucks to send him to a preferred location whatever that might be the closer he gets to the end of his contract the greater his power to dissuade other suitors so this is really really intriguing and frankly makes it more interesting for the Toronto Raptors because frankly if it's an open market bid if Giannis doesn't want to you know go different places but it makes it tougher for the Toronto Raptors to make one of these moves because frankly the Brooklyn Nets have a ton of draft picks and they're a team that will be competitive with anyways if the Raptors are in the mix but you know the Spurs the Rockets the Thunder they have a lot of young stars a lot of young draft picks of course the Raptors are willing to offer up Scottie Barnes in any of these trade packages and certainly we can make a very competitive offer no matter what's going on but the more teams that are actually out there in the sweepstakes the more competitive your offer has to be which is not what Masai Ujiri is looking for of course we want to acquire Giannis Antetokounmpo without giving up as much value as possible so that's what we're looking at that's what we're diving into here with this approach with uh Giannis and how we're feeling as fans however with Giannis you know agents around the league and we've heard Rich Paul come out and directly name the Toronto Raptors as a destination for Giannis Antetokounmpo if he is going to dissuade the Bucks from trading him anywhere else and he forces his way to a specific team to a specific squad and we've heard those fringe reports coming from Scottie that the Raptors are on his short listed teams that he wants to join that makes it more and more possible for the Toronto Raptors to actually make one of these trades for a guy that frankly is one of the best players of uh you know not just this generation but just an all-time great out there in the NBA averaging 30 points per game 12 rebounds 6.5 assists Giannis is an absolute monster but the thing about this and we know it because uh the Raptors ended up already making a blockbuster trade in their uh you know seasons past as we traded DeMar DeRozan for Kawhi Leonard and that was of course a significant asking price on top of it we traded Jakob Poeltl trade a future pick it wasn't as bad as some of these star player trades have been uh moving forward with at this point of course Kawhi really sabotaged his value was coming off of injury so his price was lower but with any of these star trades you have to give up some serious value but of course we all want to keep Scottie Barnes we want to keep him on this team now the fit between Scottie and Giannis is a little bit interesting so some people are saying hey even though Scottie's the more ideal player to have in a vacuum he wouldn't be the ideal fit around Giannis especially with Brandon Ingram there you know that's up to debate it I still want to see Scottie on this team long term I think the defense that we'd have with Giannis and Scottie out there in the wings would just be absolutely you know you're not scoring on that whatsoever so that's that but it's you know in terms of new stuff that's come out regarding this whole situation it's something that I'm not that optimistic about as essentially coming from The Athletic Bucks GM Jon Horst is going to go for blood in any potential Giannis trade he wants to gut any team if he trades Giannis and if he doesn't it'll happen if it doesn't happen he will keep him so basically that's the report coming from the Milwaukee Bucks they are not going to be making any trades just because Giannis wants to do this Giannis wants to do that and you know it's encouraging you know hearing these reports that you know he'll try to force his way to a you know preferred location but still even with this encouraging report out there on this and my John Horst for the Milwaukee Bucks is not going to give him up for nothing so that sucks to see of course Masai Ujiri is a very savvy trade negotiator say what you want about uh you know how the team's been put together over recent seasons you know the rebuild I think has been really strong but you know that sort of retooling following the championship didn't work out but other than that Masai Ujiri has really had an A-plus track record in terms of trade negotiations in terms of different moves and things like that so I think he's built to make these big blockbuster home run type of swings. And I don't think he'll end up getting the Toronto Raptors finessed in one of these deals, but it makes it more and more concerning because if the Toronto Raptors do go down this route and it's easy to, you know, for them to talk themselves into, Hey, we could give up all the pieces, all the assets for Giannis because that instantly puts us back into contention. We have one of the top three players in the NBA. We are back in the mix. You see with the Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets, right? he is out there as your MVP candidate and frankly that team is I love Jamal Murray but without any other all-star players without any real star like that level tertiary player like they are always in the mix for a championship run the raptors could be in that same swing so it's um we have a ton of young guys that can develop and the raptors have had a much better track record than the nuggets and different teams out there in terms of developing young talent so that is one thing to factor in another thing to look at is just in terms of what we have going here wrong graphic brought up but basically the Toronto Raptors have Brandon Ingram out there on the team so you have a second star that frankly would be a nice complementary piece around Youngest already baked in he's not going to be one of these trades if it ends up going down this summer you have some salary you have some pieces that can go out but if we have to trade like Scottie Barnes and RJ Barrett and some different pieces out there on this team along with Draft Capital that is going to be a very very tough pill to swallow as a fan base because we know the upside Scottie Barnes has on this team like that is something that's undeniable just a 23 years old 19 points per game 7.7 rebounds 5.8 assists like it is very then one one block uh 1.4 blocks for one block per game 1.4 steals like he is just an all-around up-and-coming talent out there in the NBA he is not a piece that you just want to part with lightly and of course Giannis Antetokounmpo is not lightly he's a very you know top three player in the NBA much better than Scottie Barnes is right now but it is still a major asset to give up and then if you have to combine an RJ Barrett's having 21 6 and 5 out there on top of it 24 years old a Jakubertelis in the prime of his career you know 14 10 you know 3 if they are trying to gut us as per the quote from the Athletic then even though i love Giannis i you know this channel is built on the honest rumors if we're being 100 honest if we're being 100 clear right we uh you know we back in 2020 on no i didn't bring it up in this video but the Giannis watch we have been waiting for this guy for years now at this point but you know if we have to give up a combination of like four first Scottie and RJ Barrett i personally just love what the Toronto Raptors have built and while you're seeing Giannis finally don the the red and black you know whatever color jerseys they're going to be out there the future i know a lot of people are hoping for a rebrand but you know if we move in that direction then frankly I don't want to see this team completely gutted to use that quote in order to make this happen but let me know what you guys think about all this in the comment section down below I think even to an Eastern Conference rival the Bucks will want to gut us more especially where we've had their number out there in the playoffs so let me know what you guys think about all this in the comment section you guys did best to make it this far subscribe the channel if you guys haven't already anyways I'm signing out cheers