The Los Angeles Lakers may be in the market to go star chasing in a year or two, especially once LeBron James is gone.
Two popular names in that pursuit will be Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic.
Can the Lakers actually land either of them?
Lakers reporter Jovan Buha attempted to answer that Tuesday in a social media video. Here's what he had to say:
"Between Giannis and Jokic, I think Giannis is more likely to be a Laker, if only because I think he's more likely to leave his current situation than Jokic is. Milwaukee did some desperate things this summer. They might be able to keep Giannis happy through the trade deadline or the rest of next season, but I think come next summer, when they likely lose in the first round, Giannis will have to have a difficult conversation with himself about his basketball future.
"Whereas Denver, I think Denver right now is the second best team in the West. I think they've had an awesome offseason. I think Denver is at least gonna make the second round if not conference finals or finals.
"By virtue of that, I would say Giannis. The Lakers will gladly take two of the top four players in the league on their roster. This is like Kobe-Shaq, LeBron-Wade, Steph-KD. You rarely get two players of that caliber at the same time, and if L.A. is able to land either Giannis or Jokic with Luka, they can claim that."
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Buha went on to clarify for his followers that this video was all based on "if," and that there's a real chance the Lakers don't end up with either.
But don't count out the allure of Hollywood to one of these generational superstars. When you pair that with the chance to play with Luka Doncic, it might be too much to pass up.
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