While the Lakers wait on Kawhi Leonard to make his free agency decision, the team made their first signing by inking journeyman shooter Troy Daniels: Daniels $2.1 million salary is the veteran’s minimum for a player with 7 years of experience, which he will have next season. Daniels is a pure shooter, through and through. […]
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Lakers are Waiting on Kawhi Leonard, for Better or for Worse
The first day of free agency came on like a tsunami, with nearly many of the best available players, including many who were said to interest the Lakers, snatched up into cap space. Those who were not signed outright by teams, were part of sign and trade transactions. The final tally of players now off […]
Lakers Free Agent Targets Go Beyond Kawhi Leonard, as they Should
On Friday and now, into Saturday, reports have shifted towards Kawhi Leonard showing more interest in the Lakers than previously expected. No one can know for sure if this interest is real or simply the normal ramping up of the rumor mill as free agency approaches, but odds makers in Las Vegas are reacting in […]
The Ideal Lakers Free Agency
The Lakers have maneuvered themselves to a position that makes them a formidable free agent destination. They went from a team of LeBron James and talented, high ceiling young players to a team with LeBron and Anthony Davis but not a max cap slot to a team with a LeBron and Davis and $32 million […]
Lakers Open Additional Cap Space, Trade Wagner, Bonga, and Jones to Wizards
The Lakers have done what we knew was possible, but were never quite sure they’d actually execute: they opened up more salary cap space by trading Moe Wagner, Isaac Bonga, and Jemerrio Jones. Those players will be members of the Washington Wizards, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski: What was the sweetner the Lakers had to include […]
Lakers Free Agency Targets by Tiers
We’ve told you how much salary cap space the Lakers will have to spend in free agency. We also broke down the different approaches the team could take — either chasing stars or building up depth via higher quality role players. The only thing left to do, then, is spend some of the team’s money. […]
Laker Film Room Podcast: Free Agency Preview
In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I talk about the Lakers free agency options. We start with a review of the Lakers own free agents, discussing who, if any, we’d like to retain. After that, we pivot to the league-wide targets and go long on who we like most and […]
Lakers Free Agency Planner: Stars vs. Role Players
“What should the Lakers free agency plan be?” is a question I pondered long before the team traded for Anthony Davis, and even more since that trade put the team into a fluid salary cap situation that could see their cap space fluctuate by more than $9 million. The summer of 2019 has long been […]
A Lakers Salary Cap Space Primer
Free Agency is less than a week away and the Lakers salary cap situation has been a major discussion point for the entire league after trading for Anthony Davis. The amount of cap space, however, is not entirely clear at this point due to several extenuating factors. In a post-draft podcast, Zach Lowe said that […]
Lakers Targeting Ron Adams as Assistant Coach?
We’ve heard very little about the construction of Frank Vogel’s coaching staff beyond the hiring of Jason Kidd and Lionel Hollins. That changed today with a report from ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk and Adrian Wojnarowski: Ron Adams has been on Steve Kerr’s staff for the Warriors entire run of success and, before that, was a key […]