d’angelo russellThe second round with the Lakers going much better than the first – averaging 19.2 points and 6.2 assists a game, with a very efficient 66.2 true shooting percentage. Jared Vanderbilt and Malik BeasleyAre the Lakers looking like a dangerous playoff team if they can get everyone healthy at once?
Russell is happy and wants to stay with the Lakers, something like ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski talked about Monday on NBA Countdown (Hat Tip Real GM,
“D’Angelo Russell wanted a second chance in LA with the Lakers and you saw the impact he had coming back against Toronto the other night, playing great in a win, and then tonight. He’s the future for this organization.” Wants to be the point guard of He will be a free agent this summer.
There has been mutual interest with the Lakers. The question, as always, is money. Russell is making $31.2 million this season in the final year of the four-year, $117 million contract he signed in Minnesota. The parties can work out a contract extension from that number, but what do the parties view as a reasonable number? from miami tyler herro Signed a four-year, $120 million contract last summer and Russell will likely be in that ballpark or slightly higher — numbers similar to the money he’s making this season.
The Lakers have several roster decisions to make this offseason ahead of Russell: Austin Reeves And rui hachimura Both are restricted free agents who will make eight figures per year, Dennis Schroder and lonnie walker iv are unrestricted free agents, and the Lakers must bring them back mo bamba At $10 million or let him walk? Together Lebron James And Anthony Davis With only $87.5 million eaten into the cap between them, there may be a limit to how much the Lakers can and will spend to get the entire band back together. And that’s not even getting into the rumors about other players who want to come to Los Angeles (eg Kyrie IrvingAlthough it is very difficult to do that work financially).
Russell has proven to be a good fit in his return to Los Angeles. The question is, will he get to stay this time?
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