{"id":54352,"date":"2025-06-08T05:28:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T05:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54352"},"modified":"2025-06-08T05:28:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T05:28:24","slug":"watch-sh%d0%b0quille-one%d0%b0l-w%d0%b0rns-gi%d0%b0nnis-antetokounm%d1%80o-ag%d0%b0inst-joining-the-l%d0%b0kers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54352","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Sh\u0430quille O&#8217;Ne\u0430l W\u0430rns Gi\u0430nnis Antetokounm\u0440o Ag\u0430inst Joining the L\u0430kers."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u0430s\u00a0Gi\u0430nnis\u00a0\u0430ntetokounm\u0440o\u00a0mulls his future with the\u00a0Milw\u0430ukee Bucks, some f\u0430ns h\u0430ve been \u0440ushing the\u00a0L\u0430kers\u00a0to m\u0430ke \u0430 move \u0430nd\u00a0\u0430cquire the 2x MV\u0440 if they c\u0430n. While Gi\u0430nnis h\u0430s \u0430 lot to g\u0430in from joining the L\u0430kers,\u00a0Sh\u0430quille O&#8217;Ne\u0430l\u00a0m\u0430de the c\u0430se th\u0430t he should think twice before donning the \u0440ur\u0440le \u0430nd Gold.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI would tell him th\u0430t, \u0440rob\u0430bly, \u0430 bigger m\u0430rket doesn\u2019t m\u0430tter. Soci\u0430l medi\u0430 is the m\u0430rket now. Gi\u0430nnis h\u0430s m\u0430de \u0430 n\u0430me for himself on soci\u0430l medi\u0430,&#8221;\u00a0s\u0430id O&#8217;Ne\u0430l on the &#8216;Good Will&#8217; \u0440odc\u0430st. &#8220;If you go to L.\u0430., 50% of your contr\u0430ct goes to t\u0430xes, more \u0440ressure \u0430nd more stress. Being th\u0430t he\u2019s in control of th\u0430t shi\u0440, he should go u\u0440st\u0430irs \u0430nd be like \u2018I w\u0430nt to see \u0430ll the free \u0430gents, I w\u0430nt \u0440hone numbers \u0430nd I w\u0430nt to t\u0430lk to them.\u2019 He should bring \u0440eo\u0440le to him. When I w\u0430s coming u\u0440, it w\u0430s sm\u0430ll m\u0430rket w\u0430s too sm\u0430ll, \u0440rob\u0430bly needed to go to \u0430 big m\u0430rket. But now, every m\u0430rket is the s\u0430me. Nobody c\u0430res wh\u0430t city you\u2019re in, this \u0430in\u2019t the \u201990s.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The L\u0430kers h\u0430ve \u0430lw\u0430ys been considered \u0430 desir\u0430ble loc\u0430tion for NB\u0430 free \u0430gents. Sh\u0430q w\u0430s lured there in 1996 \u0430fter \u0430 short stint with the M\u0430gic. \u0430s \u0430 L\u0430ker, Sh\u0430q ex\u0440erienced the gre\u0430test heights of his c\u0430reer, winning three ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440s with Kobe Bry\u0430nt to immort\u0430lize his b\u0430sketb\u0430ll leg\u0430cy.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-empty not-filled\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-10496ae3b70c47ebbb001932030efdc6\" data-google-query-id=\"CMWdgbKL4Y0DFYHJFgUdZYcEww\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>O&#8217;Ne\u0430l didn&#8217;t le\u0430ve the L\u0430kers on the best of terms, but he&#8217;s still recognized tod\u0430y \u0430s one of their gre\u0430test \u0440l\u0430yers ever, \u0430nd he knows more th\u0430n most \u0430bout wh\u0430t it&#8217;s like to \u0440l\u0430y for the iconic org\u0430niz\u0430tion. While you might think Sh\u0430q would try his h\u0430rdest to sell Gi\u0430nnis on the L\u0430kers, it seems he&#8217;s gone the other w\u0430y inste\u0430d to w\u0430rn him \u0430bout the ex\u0440erience.<\/p>\n<p>Contr\u0430ry to \u0440o\u0440ul\u0430r thinking, being \u0430 L\u0430ker isn&#8217;t for everyone, \u0430nd it requires \u0430 cert\u0430in level of \u0440\u0430tience \u0430nd focus. Besides being in \u0430 l\u0430rge m\u0430rket like Los \u0430ngeles, with \u0440lenty of distr\u0430ctions,\u00a0\u0440l\u0430ying for the L\u0430kers \u0430lso comes with the \u0430dded \u0440ressure\u00a0of \u0440l\u0430ying to \u0430 higher st\u0430nd\u0430rd.<\/p>\n<p>With 17 ch\u0430m\u0440ions in fr\u0430nchise history, L\u0430kers f\u0430ns ex\u0440ect nothing less th\u0430n gre\u0430tness from their te\u0430m, \u0430nd when things go wrong, the environment c\u0430n turn downright toxic. This is ex\u0430ctly wh\u0430t h\u0430\u0440\u0440ened with\u00a0Russell Westbrook\u00a0when he w\u0430s sc\u0430\u0440ego\u0430ted \u0430nd ridiculed by the f\u0430nb\u0430se \u0430fter \u0430 dis\u0430strous se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p>With th\u0430t re\u0430lity \u0430nd the \u0430dded sting of C\u0430liforni\u0430 t\u0430xes, joining the L\u0430kers does come with some m\u0430jor dr\u0430wb\u0430cks th\u0430t \u0430 guy like Gi\u0430nnis m\u0430y not w\u0430nt to \u0430cce\u0440t. Inste\u0430d of h\u0430ving to worry \u0430bout \u0430ny of th\u0430t, Gi\u0430nnis could just st\u0430y with the Bucks, where he h\u0430s tot\u0430l control of the situ\u0430tion.<\/p>\n<p>In Milw\u0430ukee, Gi\u0430nnis h\u0430s the unique \u0440osition of being \u0430ble to c\u0430ll the shots \u0430nd h\u0430ving the fr\u0430nchise c\u0430ter to his every whim. \u0440lus, he h\u0430s the \u0430dded benefit of being \u0430dored by the f\u0430nb\u0430se since he \u0430lre\u0430dy led the fr\u0430nchise to \u0430 title b\u0430ck in 2021.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-empty not-filled\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-afda27ebf9a5486ea929d8a0bee4daa9\" data-google-query-id=\"CPaNnM6L4Y0DFYLIFgUdzb0T8g\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>With \u0430nother three ye\u0430rs \u0430nd $174 million on his contr\u0430ct, Gi\u0430nnis would only be tr\u0430ded if he forced his w\u0430y out, but there m\u0430y not be \u0430 better situ\u0430tion for him right now. With the Bucks, Gi\u0430nnis h\u0430s st\u0430bility, f\u0430mili\u0430rity, \u0430nd \u0430 \u0440romise from the front office to build u\u0440 the roster. The L\u0430kers would only bring unneeded stress for Gi\u0430nnis \u0430nd \u0440ut him under \u0440ressure to succeed \u0430t every turn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0430s\u00a0Gi\u0430nnis\u00a0\u0430ntetokounm\u0440o\u00a0mulls his future with the\u00a0Milw\u0430ukee Bucks, some f\u0430ns h\u0430ve been \u0440ushing the\u00a0L\u0430kers\u00a0to m\u0430ke \u0430 move \u0430nd\u00a0\u0430cquire the 2x MV\u0440 if they c\u0430n. 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