All eyes are on the Lakers to see if the group will signal Chris Paul after he was traded away from the Suns however what else have they got in thoughts this offseason?
The purple and gold have a reasonably strong plan of assault in the meanwhile, based on NBA insider Marc Stein.
“The Lakers’ present Plan A, which requires re-signing free brokers Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura and making an attempt to signal Chris Paul as a free agent ought to Paul make it to the open market within the wake of his inclusion within the Beal-to-Phoenix commerce,” Stein wrote.
If LA may signal Paul on a vet minimal contract, that will be their most popular possibility.
It has beforehand been reported that the Lakers will pay up to $100 million for restricted free agent Reaves.
However one NBA Insider believes that the Spurs ought to make Reaves a suggestion as a result of they’ve extra monetary flexibility than the Lakers.
“They [The Spurs] have plenty of room to do stuff,” Simmons said on his podcast. “They might additionally simply — if I had been them, and I’ve stated this earlier than. I’m gonna say it once more. I might simply go max out Austin Reaves and make the Lakers match it. I might do this on the primary day I may do it. … Austin Reaves is ideal for this group.”
As for Hachimura, his worth is reportedly within the $12-$15 million base vary.
“Hachmiura is a simple restricted free agent, eligible for as much as a beginning max of roughly $33.5 million,” Bleacher Report’s Eric Pincus wrote. “His market worth, as projected by a number of competing executives, is within the $12-18 million beginning vary.”
Some NBA groups can have main spending energy and will probably supply Reaves, Paul and Hachimura extra they usually embrace the Spurs (which had been already talked about), Pistons, Rockets, Pacers, OKC, Magic, Raptors and the Jazz.
Solely time will inform what occurs this offseason so remember to keep tuned.
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