Lakers forward who just saw dougle-digit starts picks up player option

Lakers forward Cam Reddish has picked up his minimum player option for 2024-25, per Shams Charania of The Athletic.

Last year with Los Angeles, Reddish averaged a career-worst 5.4 PPG on .389/.336/.759 shooting splits, 2.1 RPG, 1.0 APG and 1.0 SPG. Health issues limited him to just 48 contests with the club, which included 26 starts.

As Jovan Buha of The Athletic notes, 14 players are now on L.A.’s 15-man standard roster ahead of free agency, now that both Reddish and Jaxson Hayes have picked up their minimum-salaried options for next season.

The Lakers have three rostered role players who are free agents this season in reserve 3-and-D forward Taurean Prince and backup guards Max Christie and Spencer Dinwiddie. Buha notes that Los Angeles may want to hold on to Christie, a restricted free agent.

To carve out more roster space, it may behoove L.A. team president Rob Pelinka to offload contracts. Given that Hayes and Reddish were minimal contributors during the Lakers’ stretch run and postseason, those two are the most obvious contenders to be moved. Extracting value in return could prove difficult.