Thus far the Los Angeles Lakers have brought in seven new free agents to rebuild the roster. These seven free agents join LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Marc Gasol and Talen Horton-Tucker, who are returning to the team, as well as Russell Westbrook, who was traded for early in the offseason.
Rob Pelinka has done an excellent job with who he brought in to fill out the roster. His hands were tied financially and he stilled landed some of the best minimum-contract guys as well as some surprises.
Frank Vogel now has a lot of work to do in ironing out a rotation and finding a place for each player in the rotation. I am giving my best crack at it as I rank the new signings by potential workload.
Ranking the Los Angeles Lakers free-agent signings by potential workload:
7. Kent Bazemore
Anyone who reads my work (first, thank you!) knows that I am not a huge fan of Kent Bazemore. He is still a good signing considering the circumstances, but I do think he is a tad over the hill in terms of what he can offer defensively and at the three-point line.
I can see Bazemore taking a step back in 2021 the same way that Wesley Matthews did last season. Matthews still got decent minutes, but with a lot of guard depth, Bazemore will see his playing time dwindle down as the year goes along.
While they are obviously different positions, I see Bazemore getting a similar workload to what Markieff Morris got last season. Morris averaged 19.7 minutes per game, mostly because Anthony Davis got hurt. Before AD’s injury, Morris was averaging 15 minutes per game.