The Angels lakers want to put together a competitive squad to give Lebron James another chance to get their fifth ring and they are willing to steal players from the Denver Nuggets, reigning NBA champions.
According to Mike Singer’s report of the Denver Post, the Lakers are interested in signing Bruce Brown with the exception of middle level. This option would pay $12.3 million to the graduate of the University of Miami in Florida.
Last year, Brown signed a two-year, $13 million deal, and after hoisting the trophy Larry O’Brien turned down the player option to become a free agent. Thus, the Denver organization can only offer you up to $7.8 million.
The 26-year-old escort had the best year of his career in scoring with an average of 11.5 points. In the first four years in the NBA he had not broken the nine-point barrier. The shooting guard also posted 4.0 rebounds and 1.9 assists.
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Lakers free agents
Currently, the Lakers only have under contract for the 2023-24 NBA season to LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Malik Beasley, Mohamed Bamba, Jarred Vanderbilt, Shaquille Harrison and Max Christie.
The Los Angeles team recently extended qualifying offers to Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura to become restricted free agents. This means that if another team offers them a contract, the Lakers will be able to match the offer. In a matter of players who were last year and ended their contract are D’Angelo Russell, Lonnie Walker IV, Avery Bradley, Dennis Schroder Troy Brown Jr. and Wenyen Gabriel.
Besides, They have yet to sign the two rookies they drafted last year.. In the first round, with the 17th pick, they took Jalen Hood-Schifino from the Indiana Hoosiers, and in the second round, with the 47th overall pick, they acquired the rights to Mojave King, guard for the G League team Ignite.