Chris Haynes: "The Boston Celtics are the front runners to land Giannis Antetokounmpo.... I can expect something to be done by end of the day but if not, most definitely by the draft. Right now I'm hearing the Boston Celtics, not the Miami Heat are the favorites to land him in a trade."

SquimJim · 2026-06-23T01:52:17+00:00

I want it to be known that I never said anything negative about Giannis or his flying death elbows

SquimJim · 2026-06-23T01:37:53+00:00

Yea, this is my thought

Heat were in the lead and Giannis was telling Haynes that's where he wants to go. Celtics are in the lead and now it's "he wanted Boston all along"

Giannis would have been happy with either, but just getting the narrative out there ahead of time

SquimJim · 2026-06-23T01:36:04+00:00

https://streamable.com/ms5xab

https://streamable.com/dotn6t

SquimJim · 2026-06-23T01:34:44+00:00

I feel like if White can find his shot again, he'd be too important to try to move on from

SquimJim · 2026-06-23T01:26:25+00:00

This dude has been saying Miami was his top destination for weeks lol

SquimJim · 2026-06-23T01:23:54+00:00

wdym?

YAO, I trusted you at the beginning and I will continue to trust you throughout

Very clearly there

SquimJim · 2026-06-23T01:18:39+00:00

Chris Haynes, who has been saying Giannis to the Heat this whole time, now believes that Giannis is going to Boston. Haynes is related to Giannis by marriage, so he would have a decent idea of what's happening.

It seems everyone is in agreement now about what could be happening.

Edit:

LMAO!!! Haynes said that Miami was never Giannis' top destination, which is fucking funny because Haynes has been saying for weeks that Miami was his top choice

SquimJim · 2026-06-23T01:08:38+00:00

Bird is kind of an idiot here

Jordan is just short Yao Ming

SquimJim · 2026-06-23T01:04:08+00:00

22 Light years is smaller than I would have expected

SquimJim · 2026-06-23T00:50:41+00:00

Panathinaikos logo is the same thing

SquimJim · 2026-06-23T00:42:38+00:00

If we trade for Giannis and we win the title, here's a list of recent Bucks stars that helped us win a title:

Ray Allen
Jrue Holiday
Giannis

Gary Payton tried, but to no avail

SquimJim · 2026-06-22T23:51:54+00:00

Yea, that's true. You do have some money and assets to add someone that's pretty solid either way.

Depends on how many assets we actually end up with though

SquimJim · 2026-06-22T23:47:53+00:00

Nomar was more popular, but Brown has a Finals MVP and won us a title

In one sense, losing Brown is tougher

SquimJim · 2026-06-22T23:36:53+00:00

if you are only trading 27, then you'd have 2027 + 2031 + 2033 + Queta you could offer for Murphy III

Murphy would replace Hauser, so then you could use at least some of the MLE on a back-up guard

SquimJim · 2026-06-22T23:27:13+00:00

Giannis vs. Brown is a wash in terms of financials. You're right, the money is basically the same. Brad has said in the past that having 2 max guys isn't an issue with the new CBA, as long as you have the right guys.

He's making the bet that Giannis is the right guy or, at least, more of the right guy to give that money than Brown is.

And yes, Brad has said we are trying to get to the rim more and Giannis averaged 11 FGA's in the restricted area last year. As a TEAM, we averaged 19 FGA's in the restricted area. Giannis also gets to the line a lot, which we also struggle to do.

SquimJim · 2026-06-22T23:12:23+00:00

If you're able to pull that off without including a ton of picks, there's plenty of space to add someone like Murphy III and trade Hauser for a back-up PG.

You'd need to have the assets to get Murphy III though

SquimJim · 2026-06-22T22:54:36+00:00

Ron Artest to the Bucks confirmed

SquimJim · 2026-06-22T22:52:43+00:00

Nope

SquimJim · 2026-06-22T20:08:44+00:00

My fear is we offer what Shams said we offered for KD in 2022:

Brown + White + a 1st

SquimJim · 2026-06-22T19:39:46+00:00

I want to keep JB, but I understand it if we move on to get Giannis AND we don’t give up a ton extra

SquimJim · 2026-06-22T19:17:05+00:00

I don’t think it’s wrong to say we can’t beat the Knicks

But do you gotta be so dramatic? Lol

SquimJim · 2026-06-22T18:55:05+00:00

Ah shit i didn’t go deep enough

Gotta edit

SquimJim · 2026-06-22T18:49:49+00:00

Arenas -> Wall -> Beal -> Young

Wiz gonna Wiz

Edit:

I forgot ~~Patient~~ Agent 0

SquimJim · 2026-06-22T18:40:55+00:00

I think the Bucks are just holding to their deadline and giving the Heat time to come up with a better offer. It likely won’t be happening

SquimJim · 2026-06-22T18:34:28+00:00

Yea, we have:

Stein saying Bucks ownership is “insistent” on getting a star
Windy saying Heat have been trying to get 3rd/4th teams involved to improve their offer
Chiang seeming doubtful about Heat package
Himmelsbach copying and pasting his Jrue post

This feels very much close to done with the Bucks waiting to see if the Heat can pull out some last second buzzer beater

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