3 reasons why the Lakers won’t make another free agency signing
By Jason Reed
2. The free-agent market is not great
The Los Angeles Lakers were restricted to adding veteran minimum players regardless but the options that are left on the market leave more to be desired. Granted, there are some interesting names that could be a nice fit in LA. Someone like Kris Dunn, who has proven that he can play elite defense, would be worth a flier in certain circumstances for LA.
However, the overall market is not very good and most of it is populated with former Lakers. The only player from last year’s team that has signed a deal is DeAndre Jordan, which proves just how bad last year’s team is.
Then there are other former Lakers like Dennis Schroder, who went from being someone who turned down $84 million to a league-minimum guy. Despite Schroder’s desire to return to Los Angeles, he is not good enough to justify giving a roster spot to.
The same can be said for someone like Carmelo Anthony. The Lakers have reportedly had “productive talks” on bringing Melo back and at this point, with how the roster is built, it would be better to give the spot to a young guy like Swider.
As mentioned earlier in the article, there are creative ways that the Lakers can open up roster spots in order to add new talent to the roster. That talent won’t come in free agency, it will come another way.