NBA GM Admits It’s ‘Possible’ Lakers’ LeBron James, Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo Get Traded This Offseason

Keith Smith of Spotrac spoke to an NBA general manager at Summer League in Las Vegas who said it’s “possible” LeBron James and/or Giannis Antetokounmpo get traded this offseason.

While the GM doesn’t think LeBron and/or Antetokounmpo will get moved, he told Smith that he can’t go to the beach and turn his phone off because something in today’s NBA always seems to come out of nowhere.

“Do I think the star guys like Giannis or LeBron are going to go anywhere? Nope. Is it possible? Sure is. That’s why I can’t go to the beach and shut my phone off. You never know when a call could come. And imagine telling your owner that you missed out on trading for one of those guys because you were asleep on the beach? I’d lose my job!” the Western Conference NBA GM said.

LeBron James picked up his 2025-26 player option with the Los Angeles Lakers. He will make $52.6 million next season in the final year of his contract. The NBA legend has a no-trade clause in his contract and hasn’t spoken to the Lakers about a trade or buyout.

However, after what Rich Paul of Klutch Sports Group told NBA insider Shams Charania of ESPN after LeBron picked up his 2025-26 player option with the Lakers, the idea of LeBron retiring with Los Angeles suddenly became non-guaranteed.

Speaking of Charania, the Chicago native reported that Giannis Antetokounmpo was “open-minded” about leaving the Milwaukee Bucks for the first time in his career after the Bucks lost to the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2025 postseason in five games.

Milwaukee reached the promised land in 2021, winning the championship against the Phoenix Suns in six games. However, the franchise has won only one postseason series since then. 

Most people around the NBA expect LeBron to be on the Lakers and Antetokounmpo to be on the Bucks for opening night of the 2025-26 season.

However, after the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Doncic to the Lakers, anything is possible in today’s league.