The Lakers have a path to Giannis Antetokounmpo, but it involves serious patience
Los Angeles is certainly a possible destination for big-name players.
The Lakers have a path to Giannis Antetokounmpo, but it involves serious patience originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Los Angeles Lakers have a history of trading for big-name players.
But with Giannis Antetokounmpo? It's probably not that simple. The Milwaukee Bucks superstar very well could get traded this offseason, but if the Lakers are going to get him, it'll probably require some serious patience.
The problem, on the surface, is mostly about assets. The Lakers don't have much to trade. "We won't eliminate the Lakers from an Antetokounmpo trade, but pulling off a deal would be difficult for multiple reasons," ESPN's Bobby Marks writes in a new article on Thursday.
"Though the Lakers have nearly $50 million in cap space to absorb most of Antetokounmpo's salary, they lack the draft assets and young players on controllable contracts. " MORE: Why Warriors would have to trade Draymond Green in a Giannis deal Marks goes on to point out that a team featuring both Giannis and Luka Doncic wouldn't exactly be a valuable team to get a bunch of draft picks from. So what then?