Last summer, the Los Angeles Lakers didn’t sign any players to contracts beyond the 2020-21 season because they’re trying to preserve their cap space for the 2021 free agency period, when Giannis Antetokounmpo is set to hit the open market.
To get the ball rolling on their courtship of Giannis, the Lakers signed his younger brother Kostas Antetokounmpo to a two-way contract in July. However, according to a report from Dave McMenamin of ESPN in July, they were also interested in him as a prospect, and it’s not hard to see why.