D’Angelo Russell is expected to decline his $18.6M player option and become an unrestricted free agent this offseason.
The Laker guard will be in the market for a long-term, lucrative deal after averaging 18.0 points & 6.3 assists on 41.5% 3-point shooting this year.
— Jake Weinbach (@JWeinbachNBA) May 10, 2024
D’Angelo Russell is expected to decline his $18.6M player option
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May 10, 2024 4 Comments
Lakers need to guarantee DLO either a 3-year deal @ $23M per year via new contract or sign-and-trade.
FWIW, if he walks and signs elsewhere, we do then get a $12 million-ish exception, we’re not SOL. Not sure that’s the same w/LeBron, i think it had to do with how they structured his contract last summer…
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Probably means some team with Cap already promised him. Not sure why anyone thinks this clown is worth much., The lakers are stuck in cap purgatory with their top-heavy roster, so they’d really be waiving the white flag if he walks.