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[Lou]

Lakers signing Montrezl Harrell to 2-year, $19M deal

 

The Los Angeles Lakers are signing free-agent forward Montrezl Harrell to a two-year, $19-million contract, Harrell's agent Rich Paul told ESPN's Brian Windhorst.

The second season of the deal contains a player option.

Harrell won the league's 2019-20 Sixth Man of the Year award while playing for the Los Angeles Clippers, the Lakers' in-arena rival.

The 26-year-old becomes Lakers vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka's latest high-profile acquisition this offseason. The team recently acquired Dennis Schroder - another player who was in the mix for Sixth Man of the Year honors with Harrell - along with Wesley Matthews.

Harrell's stunning departure appears to have irked former teammate Patrick Beverley, who expressed his disapproval of the move on social media.

Harrell averaged 18.6 points and 7.1 rebounds while shooting 58% from the field in 63 games last season.

[Lou]

cLOLippers 

[Tank]

Montrezl is a pretty dope name.

[Angel Oracle]

Avery Bradley signs with Miami.

Time for Caruso to step up the minutes to about 25-30/game

Need Rondo to exercise his player option to give them one more season of 20 min/game.

[Stradling]

20 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Avery Bradley signs with Miami.

Time for Caruso to step up the minutes to about 25-30/game

Need Rondo to exercise his player option to give them one more season of 20 min/game.

I think I read that Rondo signed with Atlanta today.  

[Lou]

42 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I think I read that Rondo signed with Atlanta today.  

Correct

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

Avery Bradley signs with Miami.

Time for Caruso to step up the minutes to about 25-30/game

Need Rondo to exercise his player option to give them one more season of 20 min/game.

Matthews and Schröeder.

[Angel Oracle]

31 minutes ago, Lou said:

Matthews and Schröeder.

I did underestimate Schroeder’s play making talent, looks like he could play 20 min/game there and 10-15/game at SG?

Maybe they are set now, aside from getting AD re-signed under the cap.

Edited November 22, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[Stradling]

Looks like KCP is coming back.

[fan_since79]

15 hours ago, Stradling said:

I think I read that Rondo signed with Atlanta today.  

That's not going to help us, in my opinion.

"Playoff" Rondo was crucial to our success. If the parts are working so well, why mess with them??

[Lou]

11 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

That's not going to help us, in my opinion.

"Playoff" Rondo was crucial to our success. If the parts are working so well, why mess with them??

 Because it's what Rondo wanted.

[Stradling]

 

[Angel Oracle]

16 hours ago, Stradling said:

Looks like KCP is coming back.

Supposedly 3 years/$40 million

Something tells me Kuz’s Laker days are really numbered.

Edited November 22, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[Angel Oracle]

46 minutes ago, Stradling said:

 

Still a solid rebounder, shooter, and passer

Edited November 22, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[Angel Oracle]

AD, Harrell, LBJ, KCP, Schoeder, Gasol, Kuz, Morris, Caruso, Mathews, and THT = deep team.

Edited December 3, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Javale McGee traded to Cavs with a 2nd rounder.

Marc Gasol signing 2 year deal.

[eaterfan]

I think I like this move. It's all about the playoffs and I think I prefer Gasol against Jokic than Howard. Harrell is also a nice addition for the regular season and I think will be nice when the Lakers play smaller teams.

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Man, they just brought back Markief Morris.  Lakers are so deep with at least 11 guys getting minutes regularly.  Could run a potential starting unit similar to last season with size (KCP, Wes Matthews, Bron, AD, Gasol), defense and better spacing due to Gasol's ability to shoot from distance; then, run a second unit (Schroder, Caruso, Kuz, Kieff, Harrell) with 3 guys who could routinely flirt with 20 pts.  That's not even considering trying to get THT on the floor OR who may come for the last 2 vet minimums.  

Crazy that the World Champs just got better!  AND, new season starts in less than one month.

[Lou]

14 hours ago, HaloMilliVanilli said:

new season starts in less than one month.

That's crazy.

[Angel Oracle]

Remember that they had four months off during the CoVid suspension, and then played on for about 3 months.

About 1 1/2 months from Finals Game 6 to training camp doesn’t seem over the top in brevity.

[Lou]

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers agreed to a two-year, $85-million max extension, his agent, Rich Paul, told The Athletic's Shams Charania.

The extension removes the possibility of James entering free agency next summer. His previous contract had a player option for 2021-22 at $41 million

[Brandon]

Looks like we now know how long AD will sign his extension for.

[Lou]

18 hours ago, Brandon said:

Looks like we now know how long AD will sign his extension for.

Or not. 

[Jeremiah]

I admit that I was wrong on how Pelinka would do running the org. He's had a really great couple of offseasons. This one was a really busy one. I can see why the AD deal seemingly took so long. His agent was already busy with the Harrell, KCP, and LeBron deals (I think Rich Paul has quietly become the Scott Boras of the NBA). The details have not been released that I've seen, but I'm really happy they locked up AD in the prime of his career for the max length instead of the shorter deal with more opt outs. They worked quickly, made really solid moves (Schroeder, Matthews, Gasol, etc), and are loaded for another title run.

[Lou]

Anthony Davis is finalizing a five-year, $190-million max contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, agent Rich Paul told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.