{"id":420413,"date":"2026-01-20T01:29:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/420413\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T01:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:29:22","slug":"lakers-trade-target-giannis-antetokounmpo-makes-basketball-history-never-done-before-in-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/420413\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers trade target Giannis Antetokounmpo makes basketball history never done before in NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lakers trade target Giannis Antetokounmpo makes basketball history never done before in NBA<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> could strike gold by acquiring Giannis Antetokounmpo from the Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> before the trade season ends.<\/p>\n

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Antetokounmpo is a game-changing future Hall of Fame forward who continues to dominate despite being a part of an organization that hasn\u2019t progressed well since winning a title in 2021.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the 6-foot-11 Lakers trade target<\/a> made basketball history that\u2019s never been done before in the NBA.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiannis now has the most games in NBA history with 20\/15\/5 in under 30 minutes,\u201d Real App wrote on X\/Twitter after Antetokounmpo’s 21-point, 17-rebound, and six-assist performance against the Atlanta Hawks<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

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While landing Antetokounmpo in the next few weeks would be challenging for Los Angeles, it would be foolish to consider it an impossible task.<\/p>\n

After all, the Lakers did the unthinkable during last year\u2019s trade season: trade Anthony Davis, a 10-time All-Star and NBA champion, to the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> for a five-time All-Star and generational point guard in Luka Doncic.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s to say the franchise doesn\u2019t have another blockbuster deal up its sleeve in late January? The Lakers could help jumpstart a potential transaction by using Austin Reaves as an alluring trade chip (he\u2019s averaging a career-best 26.6 points per game this season).<\/p>\n

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Although the Oklahoma product is dealing with a grade 2 left gastrocnemius strain, he isn\u2019t an injury-prone contributor who can\u2019t be trusted to regularly avoid the injury bug, making him a less risky asset.<\/p>\n

It would be interesting to see if the Lakers shock the world with another groundbreaking trade.<\/p>\n

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