One question is what the Lakers will offer for the two-time MVP. ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania went on “The Rich Eisen Show” and suggested that they could simply absorb him into their salary cap space and offer draft picks as compensation. “The Lakers expressed interest in Giannis Antetokounmpo at the deadline. Right now, what they’ll be able to offer is three first-round picks in cap space and essentially absorb Giannis’s contract,” Charania said. “Now, if you’re the Bucks, are you just going to trade Giannis to the Lakers for cap space for three first-round picks? Like, my sense is they’re going to get better in the marketplace than that. I think there’s a bigger appetite than that. And so, time will tell. We’ll know in the next six weeks.”
