Los Angeles Lakers: Which player will be the hardest to replace?
By Jason Reed
The Los Angeles Lakers may have to replace several players from the 2020 roster.
The Los Angeles Lakers are fresh off of winning the NBA Championship and now the focus is on the offseason and how the team will build a roster to repeat as champions next season.
The Lakers are undoubtedly weighing the options of making an external addition to the roster but the front office also has to focus on replacing any potential internal losses.
Both Rajon Rondo and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope are opting out of their player options and Dwight Howard and Markieff Morris are free agents. Those are the four players we are focusing on today as we do not yet know the fate of Avery Bradley and Dion Waiters and J.R. Smith were not real contributors.
Of the four, which is going to be the hardest to replace? Let’s dive into it.
4. Markieff Morris
This is cheating but I think Markieff Morris is number four on this list because the Los Angeles Lakers won’t have to replace him. I think there is a very slim chance that Morris signs elsewhere in free agency.
He is not going to get a big deal anywhere on the free-agent market so he is not priced out of the Lakers’ market. It makes sense for the Lakers to bring Morris back, especially with how well he played in the NBA Playoffs.
If the Lakers are offering the same amount of money as anyone else then why wouldn’t Morris want to stay on the team that he just won a title with? Even if it is only for another season or two.
Morris will be the easiest to replace because they won’t actually have to replace him. He should be a big priority this offseason.