The Lakers have 13 players on guaranteed contracts and head of basketball operations Rob Pelinka said the front office is looking to finalize its decision on the 14th spot prior to the start of training camp on Tuesday, Jovan Buha of The Athletic tweets. Pelinka plans to initially keep the 15th spot open, Michael Scotto of Hoops Hype tweets, due to tax implications and the flexibility it will give the club in the buyout market.
We have more on the Lakers:
- Pelinka said he make a spirited effort to retain free agent guard Alex Caruso, Kyle Goon of the Orange County Register tweets. “We pursued him and wanted to keep him,” Pelinka said. The Bulls signed Caruso to a four-year, $37MM contract.
- Pelinka expects the team to be fully vaccinated by opening night, ESPN’s Dave McMenamin writes. “On opening night when we play the Golden State Warriors, all of the players that are currently signed on our roster, on that night, will be deemed fully vaccinated,” he said.
- LeBron James will hold a three-day team mini-camp in Las Vegas beginning on Friday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reveals on a Twitter video post. James did something similar prior to the championship 2019/20 season. With Russell Westbrook joining the lineup, James hopes to use this mini-camp prior to training camp as a “catapult” entering this season, Charania adds.
How much did Lakers offer Caruso?
4 years $28 million?
Win or money?
I take money even if it’s 5 million difference
Rings are not certain
Caruso already has a ring so he took the money. Melo no ring willing to take the minimum.
Caruso is a good player and in his prime years. None the less, think the Bulls over payed for Caruso. Will see four years from now if the Bulls think that they got their monies worth.
Playing with LBJ can do a lot for your career. Says Mozgov, Dellavedova, Varejao and Smith.
TT, Mike Miller and a whole bunch of other too. Norris Cole and Boobie Gibson would have never even been NBA players if not for LeBron.
Have the broadcasters owe there big gigs to him too. Windy, Gutierrez, Haynes, Broussard and others got their breaks because of covering Lebron.
Dont forget Skip Bayless – he mentions “LeFlop” in every converstion on TV))
So you’re the one person who watches Skip’s show…
He has two years left on his current contract and he will be 38 when it expires. So who knows if he will continue playing two years from now.
That will be the same year (2023) his son Bronny graduates from high school, but I’m skeptical that they will be able to play together in the NBA.
They won’t play together in Lakers atleast.. they mortgaged all their draft picks next few years.. would have to be in a different team
Lebron will probably just sign with whomever drafts his kid. ♂️
People always make comments about overpays. Maybe a team pays more than market value for a player. But, it’s about that players value to that team. You can’t talk about overpays until the contract concludes. Unless of course you talk about Jason Heyward in baseball. I’ll give you John Wall as well…