The Los Angeles Lakers’ roster and depth chart is starting to take shape after the Kawhi Leonard news.
News broke Friday night that Leonard would not be signing with the Lakers (or Raptors). The Lakers had cleared out $32 million in salary cap space to sign Leonard. Once he chose to sign with the L.A. Clippers, the Lakers moved to the alternatives they had lined up.
The Lakers reached deals with guard Danny Green and center JaVale McGee and are expected to bring back guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, according to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne.
Green will reportedly get a two-year, $30 million deal. McGee is receiving $8.2 million over two years, with a player option, per Shelburne. Caldwell-Pope is expected to sign a two-year, $16 million deal.
Depending on the structure of the deals, that could be about $27 million of the $32 million the Lakers were able to clear, which doesn’t leave much left. McGee’s deal could go into the room exception, which would leave about $9 million left in cap space.
The Lakers have also reached deals with small forward Jared Dudley and forward Troy Daniels.
Here’s how the roster is looking: Guards: Green, Caldwell-Pope, Daniels, Talen Horton-Tucker. Forwards: LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Kyle Kuzma, Jared Dudley. Center: McGee.
The Lakers have extended qualifying offers to Alex Caruso and Johnathan Williams. Rajon Rondo returning to the team also seems possible. Marcus Morris and Avery Bradley are other players to potentially watch. And if the Lakers really get lucky, maybe they could land Andre Iguodala.
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