{"id":574628,"date":"2026-02-01T07:20:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T07:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/574628\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T07:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T07:20:22","slug":"lakers-dream-of-giannis-trade-just-got-update-that-could-change-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/574628\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers&#8217; dream of Giannis trade just got update that could change everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5q\">With rumblings of a Giannis Antetokounmpo trade bounding throughout the NBA landscape, the Los Angeles Lakers will undoubtedly keep their ears to the pulse. And based on a recent statement from Howard Beck of The Ringer, Lakers fans should be raising their eyebrows.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5t\">\u201cI was told recently that the Lakers were a team to keep an eye on from Giannis\u2019 standpoint, just as another team of interest,\u201d Beck <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4fl3V4lGxs4zTSqKAb6wDi?si=c6fde856f8944a0b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said on a recent edition<\/a> of The Zach Lowe Show. Though Beck admitted the Lakers don\u2019t have the strongest offer right now, they could over the summer, which could make things very interesting.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5w\">And it may be better for the Milwaukee Bucks to wait to make a deal anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Lakers could have great Giannis trade package this summer<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"62\">Right now, the Lakers could only include one first-round pick in a potential deal for Antetokounmpo. Obviously, that wouldn\u2019t be nearly enough to get the job done.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"65\">Unless they decided to go full Nico Harrison and trade Luka Doncic to Milwaukee (which would never happen in a million years), Antetokounmpo likely won\u2019t be a Laker this year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">But this summer, everything could change, because the Lakers could offer a potential package that might rival anyone else\u2019s around the entire NBA.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\">As Beck noted during his podcast appearance, the Lakers could potentially offer three firsts this summer: Their pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, as well as selections in 2031 and 2033.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6e\">Obviously, those picks may not be amazing, especially if Doncic and Antetokounmpo remained teamed up for a while, but who knows what could happen in eight years?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6h\">On top of that, the Lakers could potentially offer up Austin Reaves in a sign-and-trade. Reaves plus the picks would give the Lakers one of the best offers in the league for Antetokounmpo.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6k\">LA fans probably aren\u2019t too keen to give up on Reaves. But if there were any player around the league who they should be willing to pay the ultimate premium for, it might be Antetokounmpo.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6n\">Pairing him up with Doncic would immediately give the Lakers one of the best duos in NBA history, and from there, they could focus on building the roster around them.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6q\">They would need to find elite defenders and three-point shooters, as well as a center that would work well next to both superstars. But still, the talent of Doncic and Antetokounmpo would make it all worth it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6t\">So, even though the Lakers probably aren\u2019t a top suitor for Antetokounmpo right now, they could offer a monster package this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With rumblings of a Giannis Antetokounmpo trade bounding throughout the NBA landscape, the Los Angeles Lakers will undoubtedly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[7,103,102,121,3871,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-574628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-milwaukee-bucks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bucks","10":"tag-milwaukee","11":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","12":"tag-milwaukeebucks","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115994166779418875","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}