Giannis Antetokounmpo Just Ended Rumors About LA Lakers Trade This Summer

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It looks like Los Angeles Lakers fans can ignore previous and future rumors about the team making a trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo.

A few weeks ago, the Lakers were looking like a dark-horse team in the Western Conference bracket of the NBA Playoffs. Unfortunately, significant injuries to both Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves have completely dashed their hopes of making a run in this year’s postseason.

While they will hope LeBron James can lead them to a quarterfinals upset of the Houston Rockets, the Lakers’ front office must begin their pivot to more tinkering with the roster they are building around Doncic. There have been rumblings that the team could engage in trade talks about Milwaukee Bucks legend Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Although they were not involved in trade talks before the deadline in February, they are expected to have more intriguing draft assets available to offer the Bucks. Yet, there may be a key problem. The 10-time All-Star isn’t a fan of Los Angeles.

Giannis Antetokounmpo calls Los Angeles superficial

The Bucks great was the guest on the debut episode of the podcast hosted by 15-year NBA veteran Goran Dragic. During the chat, Dragic asked Antetokounmpo where he would rather go on vacation, Miami or Los Angeles. And the two-time NBA MVP had a surprising opinion of Lala Land.