Lou Williams rarely impacted anything other than scoring and if he was off he was a massive net negative. We've yet to see Lonzo on the floor, but I think two things translate fairly quickly if nothing else at all: less turnovers and an outside jumper. In terms of overall basketball, I think the latter is probably better if not equal. I think in terms of scoring, no question the former is better. I would call Lou's value a push and what we're talking about now is the difference in Lou Williams/D'Angelo Russell and Brook Lopez/Lonzo Ball. How many times did we get to the fourth and Lou came up short? More often than when we won games I would say and it was a frequent point of contention: was he helping or hurting us by barring the young their moments to shine. That brings me to my next point: Lou Williams cost us as many games as he won. David Nwaba played over 30 minutes for us twice. Tyler Ennis played almost 40 minutes twice for us. I have to think we'd have won at least couple more games in that time with or without Lou Williams just based on the fact we'd have a set rotation that we're not actively trying to lose with.
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That's almost a third of the year we played guys out of position or gave bad players more time in order to "grow" knowing full well it'd cost us games. We played 24 games after the "tank" was officially, undeniably on. Let's say that the catalyst for their "tank" was the Lou Williams trade. The Lakers traded Lou Williams on 2/23/17 to Houston for a 1st round pick. Luol stopped playing altogether on 2/28/17. The Lakers stopped playing Timofey Mozgov on 2/6/17 and they took Luol Deng out of the starting lineup on 2/6/17. Last season the Lakers ended with a 26-56 record, correct? The Lakers, I do not believe, would have any issues cutting Holmes if other players show more worth to the team in the short and/or long term. However, while $100K is a nice amount of money to an undrafted rookie, I do not think it would give Holmes a leg up over either of Brown or Black simply due to money. *When the initial report came out that Holmes was signed, it was noted he had a “significant” guarantee on his contract. The Holmes signing came out of nowhere and there could certainly be another move which surprises just like that one did. Of course, there is still time for other moves to shake out.
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All things considered, then, a trade to sure up one or both of those spots is still a possibility - especially if it’s a deal that either brings back a player who can help fill a need or one which opens up a roster spot that can be used to ink a free agent or create some flexibility for a future move. If injuries were to occur at either of those positions, the team would likely need to slide a player into a role that’s not his natural spot in order to plug a hole. However, until we have real news on the item, I do believe it’s better to take a wait and see approach.Īll in all, the Lakers’ roster is relatively balanced, though it is a bit shallow at point guard and small forward. The big man reportedly agreed to a contract with the Lakers during summer league, but the longer that deal remains unsigned, one has to wonder if there are real holdups that may compromise that agreement. The name which was not mentioned above, but fits into the mix of positions to be looked at further, is Robert Upshaw. Of those players, I would imagine at least one would be a point guard (Bobby Brown?), one to be another wing, and one to be a big man who can play center. I expect the Lakers to add anywhere from three to five additional players when the team starts training camp.
Per Eric Pincus, that partial amount is $100K on his two year minimum contract*. Of the 15 players above, Tarik Black and Jabari Brown have non-guaranteed contracts for next year while Jonathan Holmes’ deal is only partially guaranteed.
With the recent signing of Jonathan Holmes, the Lakers have 15 players under contract: With about another month to go before the Lakers open training camp, now is as good a time as any to take a quick review of where the team’s roster currently stands.
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