Los Angeles Lakers: Buy, sell, or trade Quinn Cook stock

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3. $3,000,000 is a steal for a shooter?

Cook can space the floor very well. The Lakers were not very good at shooting the ball last year either. They ranked 21st at 34.9% per night.

This offseason Pelinka will look to equip LeBron and AD with more spacing. It’s not a healthy dose of basketball to play heroics. It works because the duo is so good, but some help will take them further and help down the stretch.

At $3 million it is a good deal to get a guy who shoots over 40% from his career from 3-point range. Although 36.5% last season was his career-low by quite a bit. That is still an above-average clip and better than most of the Lakers roster.

Cook has the opportunity to make this contract look like a steal. He could get more opportunities on the floor with quite a few wings hitting the open market. If he finds consistency he could pay dividends and hit shots for this team.

With the possibility of Danny Green getting traded as well, the Lakers could ultimately replace a $15.5 million guy with a $3 million dollar guy. As the team looks to stay flexible with the cap to make other moves and get out of some contracts.

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