The Lakers of the 2024-25 NBA season continue to take shape. If the draft served to confirm that they had acquired the services of Bronny James and that LeBron James will play with his son (except surprise), in the last few hours we have also learned that D’Angelo Russell will wear gold and purple for one more year.
As reported by Jordan Richard and confirmed by Shams Charania The Sportythe point guard will exercise his player option worth $18.7 million to remain a member of the Los Angeles roster.
Although Russell understands he could land a longer contract and salary in free agency, he also believes the future Lakers have a real chance to become champions, so he’s prioritizing that possibility at the moment.
Even if the 28-year-old may be right in his assessment, it is surprising that he sees it so clearly when he tees off ESPN point out It is very likely that the Californian franchise will try to transfer him If you finally use your Player option. Already during the 2023/24 season, there were constant rumors about a possible Laker move with Russell as the centerpiece of the package that he would send elsewhere. Well, the situation has not changed.
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As for what Rob Pelinka could do with Russell’s contract, Dejounte Murray and Trae Young were always considered targets; however, the first of these has already been sent to the New Orleans Pelicans and now the outcome of the second seems very complicated.
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2024-06-29 16:31:47
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