Ranking each Lakers free agency signing by impact next season

The Los Angeles Lakers have had a pretty slow offseason thus far as the calm before the potential storm. Los Angeles might be trading for Kyrie Irving and the team just needs the Brooklyn Nets to find a trade for Kevin Durant so they are more motivated to then flip Kyrie.

While the big trade ultimately has not happened yet, the Lakers have still brought in new talent this offseason. Rob Pelinka and co. signed a total of five free agents this summer, all of which are under 30 and three of which are under 25.

Last summer’s free-agent signings ended up being terrible for the team and the hope is that this year can be better. But which of the free agents are primed to flip the script and be impactful next season?

Let’s rank the five Lakers free agency signings by potential impact next season:

5. Troy Brown Jr. 

Troy Brown Jr. was taken with the 15th overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft and he has not really done much in his NBA career to this point. Brown is already on his third team in the league and while he had a promising sophomore season, his last two years have left more to be desired.

Brown has averaged just 4.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 15.8 minutes per game. He has not shot the three particularly great, either, as he is shooting just 34% from beyond the arc in the last two seasons combined.

It is clear that Brown was signed to be a young, back-of-the-rotation player that could potentially unlock some potentially but most likely won’t. While he is not that exciting, it is better than using this roster spot on someone who is 35, as Brown could at least shock some people, whereas a 35-year-old veteran is typically shocking for the wrong reasons.

Brown has at least shown some defensive promise, so he has that going for him. But at the end of the day, he was ultimately brought in because he is a Klutch client.