Everything is bigger in Texas. And it’s about to get bigger. If the San Antonio Spurs are ready to pull the trigger, Giannis Antetokounmpo should already be in their crosshairs.

After the Spurs were awarded the No. 2 overall pick in the NBA Draft Lottery on Monday evening, the Milwaukee Bucks should have been spamming the phone numbers of Spurs front office personnel trying to hammer out a deal with the fervor of a realtor hounding homeowners about selling their property.

Milwaukee is stuck in an untenable position, and their shrewdest course of action after the draft lottery is to trade the Greek Freak. The draft lottery elevated San Antonio above Houston as the front-runner for Antetokounmpo’s successor. The draft lottery may have provided the exit strategy both teams needed.

San Antonio earning a top-two pick after a 38-win season that didn’t end in the playoffs because of Victor Wembanyama’s blood clot was a high-arching Tim Duncan bank shot off the moon from the basketball gods. This was the best possible draft scenario for the Bucks. Houston, Detroit, and Oklahoma City were among the teams with both the interest and the assets to make a Greek Freak trade. San Antonio was a dark horse offering future draft NPCs and a few supporting talents.