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The Los Angeles Lakers are among the betting favorites to land Giannis Antetokounmpo if he asks out of Milwaukee after this season.<\/p>\n
The Lakers have the third-best odds at +450 behind the Brooklyn Nets (-200) and the San Antonio Spurs (+325), according to online sportsbook Bovada. The Miami Heat (+500) and the Toronto Raptors (+1600) are also on the short list of betting favorites.<\/p>\n
The Brooklyn Nets are the favorites to land Giannis Antetokounmpo if he\u2019s not with the Milwaukee Bucks next season, per @BovadaOfficial<\/p>\n
Brooklyn Nets: -200<\/em> \u2014 NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) April 25, 2025<\/p>\n https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/p>\n Following the Luka Don\u010di\u0107 trade, Bleacher Report\u2019s salary cap expert Eric Pincus named Antetokounmpo as a potential trade target for the Lakers.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Lakers already landed a dream target in Luka Don\u010di\u0107, but the franchise is greedy. If Antetokounmpo demands out, a combination of salaries, talent and picks could get him to Los Angeles. It\u2019s a stretch, but it\u2019d be remiss to leave him out if this is a team\u2019s wish list,\u201d Pincus wrote in March.<\/em><\/p>\n The Lakers are in need of a big man who can serve as a lob threat for Don\u010di\u0107. And there\u2019s no bigger name out there who can do that and more than Antetokounmpo.<\/p>\n However, Antetokounmpo won\u2019t come cheap if he becomes available. But he could steer himself to Los Angeles if he wants to play in a big market and compete for championships.<\/p>\n Lakers New Big 3?<\/strong><\/p>\n A Big 3 of Don\u010di\u0107, Antetokounmpo and LeBron James will make the Lakers the prohibitive favorites. It will take a paycut from James, provided he declines his $52.6 million player option, to surround them with depth to compete in the stacked Western Conference.<\/p>\n The Lakers will have to be creative to land Antetokounmpo, with his potential availability tied to how the Bucks\u2019 season ends. They are low on draft capital, but it\u2019s hard to bet against Rob Pelinka and his front office after they shocked everyone with the Don\u010di\u0107 blockbuster trade.<\/p>\n It will be hard to see the Lakers keeping Austin Reaves in a potential trade for Antetokounmpo unless they shock the world again and swap James for the much younger Greek Freak.<\/p>\n The Lakers have made Reaves untouchable even in the Don\u010di\u0107 trade. But they are running low on trade chips to make a swing for a bigger star.<\/p>\n Giannis Antetokounmpo Facing Uncertainty in Milwaukee<\/strong><\/p>\n The Bucks are in danger of a third straight first-round exit. Such a result will be disastrous for the small market team, as they are already out of draft picks to reshape the roster around the 30-year-old Antetokounmpo.<\/p>\n In February, the two-time MVP dropped an interesting quote in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about staying hungry to compete for championships.<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t fall into your comfort zone,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to stay in my comfort zone. I want to be challenged. And if the challenge is here, which it is right now \u2013 we have a real challenge, people don\u2019t respect us, we have a good group, it\u2019s good. But we might not have a challenge one day. We might be rebuilding as a team, or we might not be chasing nothing.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cSo, will my individual athlete be more important than the championship? This is a thing that maybe some players make a mistake. They stay in the place maybe too long.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n He understands that change is inevitable.<\/p>\n \u201cI really believe, don\u2019t stay in a place too long to taint your legacy,\u201d he said. \u201cLike, you\u2019re a parent. It\u2019s going to be a time that you have to let go.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Alder Almo is a basketball journalist covering the NBA for Heavy.com. He has more than 15 years of experience in local and international media, including broadcast, print and digital. He previously covered the Knicks for Empire Sports Media and the NBA for Off the Glass. Alder is from the Philippines and is now based in Jersey City, New Jersey. More about Alder Almo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Los Angeles Lakers are among the betting favorites to land Giannis Antetokounmpo if he asks out of Milwaukee after this season. The Lakers have the third-best… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nSan Antonio Spurs: +325<\/em>
\nLos Angeles Lakers: +450<\/em>
\nMiami Heat: +500<\/em>
\nToronto Raptors: +1600 pic.twitter.com\/Z9CaqY0nHl<\/em><\/p>\n