{"id":241763,"date":"2026-04-09T09:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/241763\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:37:14","slug":"where-might-giannis-antetokounmpo-play-next-season-boston-houston-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/241763\/","title":{"rendered":"Where might Giannis Antetokounmpo play next season? Boston? Houston? Los Angeles?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After 13 seasons, two MVPs and one NBA championship \u2014 the first one for the franchise since the 1970s \u2014 the split between Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> seems inevitable. It is coming this offseason.<\/p>\n

Where will Antetokounmpo play next?<\/p>\n

Golden State, Miami and Minnesota made a hard push at February\u2019s trade deadline, but team ownership put off making a deal because it believed better offers would be available in the offseason. That may be true. Could the Rockets, or even the Lakers or Celtics, jump into the mix? It\u2019s possible, according to a report from Sam Amick of The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two things to watch<\/p>\n

Two key factors will impact which jersey Antetokounmpo will pull on next.<\/p>\n

First, where does Antetokounmpo want to play? By pushing off trading the Greek Freak to the offseason, the Bucks gave him more leverage \u2014 Antetokounmpo has just one more guaranteed season on his contract, and he can tell a team he is not interested in them that he would not re-sign with them. While Milwaukee could trade Antetokounmpo to a team willing to take a one-year flyer on him (as Toronto did with Kawhi Leonard \u2014 and won a title with that gamble), most teams will not want to meet the asking price if they cannot reach an extension with their new star.<\/p>\n

Second, which teams flame out early in the upcoming NBA playoffs? To use Boston as an example, it has a lot of flexibility this offseason to make a big move, but if it makes the NBA Finals \u2014 and the Celtics are the betting favorite to do just that \u2014 then would they still have interest in Antetokounmpo? How will the Lakers approach the offseason after injuries to Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves are set to dramatically impact their playoffs? How will Houston feel if it flames out in the first round?<\/p>\n

Which teams are interested<\/p>\n

Amick at The Athletic lists a number of teams that could be in the mix for Antetokounmpo.<\/p>\n

The Miami Heat, Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks were known to be in the market for Antetokounmpo, will almost certainly be back if they fall short.<\/p>\n

However, how might the Orlando Magic feel if they fall short of expectations, with their current Play-In status nowhere near what they had in mind when they went all-in for Desmond Bane last summer? And what about the Houston Rockets, who signaled a disinterest in pairing Antetokounmpo with Kevin Durant in February but might change their stance if they get eliminated early?<\/p>\n

Ditto for the San Antonio Spurs \u2026 or the Los Angeles Lakers \u2026 or the Atlanta Hawks. Even the Celtics, who have the \u2018Two Jays\u2019 back now and look fully capable of winning it all, are known to be interested and discussed in league circles as potential suitors.<\/p>\n

Those teams have a lot of questions to ask themselves. Does Houston think Antetokounmpo and Durant could play together, especially with floor general Fred VanVleet expected to return next season? The Lakers are going to wholly reshape their roster this offseason, but do they really think the ball-dominant Luka Doncic would fit well with the ball-dominant Antetokounmpo? It\u2019s hard to imagine the young, talented, diverse and improving every day Spurs suddenly getting impatient and going after Antetokounmpo. <\/p>\n

Other teams not on this list may throw their hat in the ring, but which ones will Antetokounmpo want to play for? There are a lot of moving parts.<\/p>\n

One thing is certain: This is going to be a wild offseason. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After 13 seasons, two MVPs and one NBA championship \u2014 the first one for the franchise since the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-241763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-headlines","10":"tag-houston-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}