07-22-2025, 01:31 PM
(07-22-2025, 01:10 PM)omahen Wrote: I think Lakers will give him plenty of opportunities in the season. But, he will have to deliver. If he doesn't, I don't think it will be anything as extreme as it was suggested here. The upside of having patience is much higher than the downside of having a player a bit over vet min that is not delivering (yet?).
That sounds likely, assuming they don't yet consider him a lost cause.
How long of a leash do you think he has? And what do you think the Lakers would do, if he doesn't improve?
They do have to make a decision before this season (and getting to see how he playable he is) for next season money, so they are on the hook already for a year and it can become 2 years, before anything else is really known. Money can get tight with hard caps, where even these little deals only a couple mill above minimum cause problems if the team isn't getting any useful play out of it. LA already has essentially 2 dead roster spots and if he's not usable, they're down to only 12 players to navigate the season with.