The Los Angeles Lakers sign Evan Fournier with the mid-level exception
The mid-level exception is projected to be worth just over $9.5 million next season. Just about every team can utilize the non-taxpayers MLE, so the hope would be that whoever the Lakers want picks them over another team.
We broke down potential MLE targets for the Lakers this offseason and out of the multiple possible named available, the best option for the Lakers would be sharpshooter Evan Fournier.
Fournier brings exactly what the Los Angeles Lakers need out of a role player. This was a team that did not have any trusted shooters in the playoffs last year as KCP was ice-cold from three. Fournier is someone who has been elite at shooting threes the last several seasons as he would bring a 40% shooter to LA.
He is also an above-average defensive player as well. NBA pundits love to throw around the three and D moniker to just about every role player (I have been guilty in the past as well) but Fournier is a legitimate three and D player. He is exactly what the Lakers would need.
The MLE is probably a fair evaluation for Fournier although there could be a team that ovepays for him. Out of the teams that could offer him the MLE, the Lakers are perhaps the best fit.