Bucks star PG Damian Lillard has torn his left Achilles. OUT for 8-12 months.

[Voice of Reason]

it would take the Knicks getting swept for that to feel kinda sorta real, but with Dame out, if you ain't strapped with picks and plenty of em, I don't think Milwaukee pivots to remain competitive.

Houston might be the best shot for any distressed vet, especially if the Warriors eliminate them as a 7 seed.

Miami, Bulls or The other teams in the New York or California markets.

 

[Jplaya2023]

right team, wrong offer.

Green, Sheppard, Whitmore, Phoenix picks for Giannis/Connaughton

Greek needs to be going to a fringe contender to put them over the top.

If the cavs lose to the celtics in the ECF, who says no to a package of Mobley, Garland, filler and picks for Greek and fillers?

Cavs would have
Allen
Greek
Hunter
Strus
Mitchell

The other team is OKC if they dont win, you can offer the bucks Chet, Joe, Dort, and Hartenstein and picks, for Greek and Kuzma

OKC 2026
Greek
Kuzma
Williams
Filler
Shai

 

[Jplaya2023]

I hypothesize the athletes now just do more on the court skill wise than before. Pushing their ligaments and muscles more and more

Dame didnt tear it doing something skillful, looks like he planted wrong and it torn. Freak injury

 

[Voice of Reason]

Greek needs to be going to a fringe contender to put them over the top.

If the cavs lose to the celtics in the ECF, who says no to a package of Mobley, Garland, filler and picks for Greek and fillers?

Cavs would have
Allen
Greek
Hunter
Strus
Mitchell

The other team is OKC if they dont win, you can offer the bucks Chet, Joe, Dort, and Hartenstein and picks, for Greek and Kuzma

OKC 2026
Greek
Kuzma
Williams
Filler
Shai

Him being 30 make this more likely in my opinion. Would a team like Miami or the Bulls have the time to build a contender around? I don't think so.

 

[bl2k8]

If I’m OKC I’m calling about Giannis even if they win the whole thing tbh

 

[Braman]

right team, wrong offer.

Green, Sheppard, Whitmore, Phoenix picks for Giannis/Connaughton

You’d be left with Giannis, Şengün, Jabari, and Eason. Your 2 best young players would be backing up your 2 stars

Also with your 3 best players being non shooters you need the shooting of Shepard and, assuming he ascends, Whitmore

 

[Braman]

That team would be worse than the current rockets with zero spacing

If you walk away with a raptors team of
Quickley
RJ
Ingram
Giannis


Thats a better option plus being in the East

The rockets down 2-1 to GS? Nah. The spacing isnt ideal but I wouldn’t pass on that chance

I’m also very high on Sheppard and Whitmore so it may not look sexy but imo that’d be a juggernaut. Whitmore is probably every bit as good as green if given the chance

 

[Bar Razor]

As someone who did this playing basketball always hate to see.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Greek needs to be going to a fringe contender to put them over the top.

If the cavs lose to the celtics in the ECF, who says no to a package of Mobley, Garland, filler and picks for Greek and fillers?

Cavs would have
Allen
Greek
Hunter
Strus
Mitchell

The other team is OKC if they dont win, you can offer the bucks Chet, Joe, Dort, and Hartenstein and picks, for Greek and Kuzma

OKC 2026
Greek
Kuzma
Williams
Filler
Shai

Milwaukee happily takes both offers and runs because that's robbery. Even if Milwaukee wanted to bottom out they'd have to accept this. Cleveland and OKC would be way too short sighted to attempt this, especially Cleveland.

 

[tremonthustler1]

The rockets down 2-1 to GS? Nah. The spacing isnt ideal but I wouldn’t pass on that chance

I’m also very high on Sheppard and Whitmore so it may not look sexy but imo that’d be a juggernaut. Whitmore is probably every bit as good as green if given the chance

Not that I'm a fan of Green and he's expendable as fukk too, but the difference between Green and Whitmore is that Green doesn't take the court wondering why 4 other guys have the same jersey he does.

 

[Paper Boi]

Achilles use to be such a rare injury.. wtf has happened to today's athletes?

they start playing organized basketball year round from a younger age. legs have way more repetitive mileage on them because they stay playing the same sport.

 

[FaTaL]

Achilles use to be such a rare injury.. wtf has happened to today's athletes?

athletes are bigger and faster then ever, thats why the ligaments and tendons pop

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Those Bucks picks might unintentionally just trumped the Sun’s as the most valuable picks in the league.

 

[FAH1223]

Kobe came back 8 months later in December 2013. But then he fractured his knee cap after 6 games.

 

[FAH1223]

Those Bucks picks might unintentionally just trumped the Sun’s as the most valuable picks in the league.

The Middleton for Kuzma trade is bad not just because they got a worse player to save money

But they gave up AJ Johnson who they drafted in 2024 and they absolutely LOVED.