A few hours ago it was announced that the Toronto Raptors star point guard, Fred VanVleet, will not exercise the player option to return to the Canadian franchise next season.
The 29-year-old basketball player refused to earn 22.8 million dollars for the following season; and said by the reports, he plans to auction off the team that offers him the most money; reported Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Lakers the main interested in signing VanVleet
Once this information is revealed, VanVleet’s destination is close to the Los Angeles Lakers, as that position will be vacated once D’Angelo Russell’s arrival in free agency this summer is finalized.
Fred VanVleet had 19.3 points per game, 7.2 assists and 1.8 steals in the season that just ended.
Since he won the first Larry O’Brien in the history of the Toronto Raptors in the 2018-2019 season, VanVleet became one of the pillars of the quintet and established himself as one of the players with the best projection in the NBA.
The Lakers also have on the agenda bring young of the atlanta hawks, Kyrie Irving who last season played with the dallas mavericks and chris paul who recently announced his departure from the phoenix suns.