Giannis Antetokounmpo: 3 teams best suited to land him in 2021

Conclusion

Most intriguing fit? The Dallas Mavericks

The worst fit? The Miami Heat

The best chance to win long-term? Coin flip between Dallas and LA

The best chance to win the most rings? Los Angeles

Giannis Antetokounmpo can’t go wrong with any of the three options. They all offer him a significant chance of winning numerous rings. If he lands with any of these teams, they instantly become the title favorites.

With Dallas, Doncic and Giannis form a partnership that could go on for a decade but for some reason, no superstars want to go to Dallas. Maybe with Doncic there, that all might change but it doesn’t bode well for the Mavericks.

They would be a very young team with no title-winning experience other than coach Carlisle.

Miami offers a young core of players along with a star veteran in Jimmy Butler, a world-class head coach in Erik Spoelstra, a first-class front office with Pat Riley, and a great owner in Micky Arison.

Floor spacing would be a problem for this team but it could be worked on and ways around it could be found.

The Heat while well rounded, would offer Giannis the least upside in terms of winning long-term. The Lakers have a perfect balance.

They have win-now stars in LeBron James and Anthony Davis, they have a win-in-the-future piece in Anthony Davis, they have a front office and ownership who is willing to spend whatever is needed to win.

A LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Anthony Davis trio would be a superteam of biblical proportions as Rob Pelinka would say. To be honest, there is not a wrong choice for Giannis, any team he could and probably would win rings with.

The Los Angeles Lakers would maximize his years left in the NBA meaning that every single season he and Anthony Davis play together, they would be considered the favorites.

Luka Doncic and Giannis Antetokounmpo offer the longest time for each player to be in their primes but with youth comes a lack of experience especially when it comes to big-time games.

They would win rings eventually but no guarantee it would be right away and you would still probably take a LeBron, Anthony Davis, and third star over Giannis, Doncic, and an injury-prone Porzingis.

Miami offers a win-now mode but it also doesn’t offer Giannis any MVP-caliber players to play within the prime of his career. Bam is an All-Star but not a superstar. Jimmy is kinda a superstar but he isn’t a tier 1 or tier 2 superstar. Anthony Davis and LeBron James are tier 1 superstars.

What do you get when you add three tier 1 superstars in Giannis Antetokounmpo, Anthony Davis, and LeBron James? Rings.