Lakers REUNION SIGNING with Former Laker During Free Agency! | (ft. KCP and Lonnie Walker!)

Lakers REUNION SIGNING with Former Laker During Free Agency! | (ft. KCP and Lonnie Walker!)

[Music] welcome back everyone as many of you know a term I have to referred to is team continuity aka the importance of keeping your team together to get better internally rather than externally which the Lakers have not been very good at doing during the LeBron Anthony Davis era though I do have to admit that it can be rather difficult when you’re over the salary cap pretty much every year and that has led to them not being able to retain a few of Their Own agents with one of the most noteworthy ones being Malik monk who unfortunately took more money to sign with Sacramento back in 2022 however even after a player leaves their team that does not always mean that they’re gone for good as they have had a couple of noteworthy reunions over the past few years now and apart from keeping your current team together that would have to be the next best thing in regard to team continuity guys that are familiar with the core of your team although already having played within your team system now that last part might be up for debate with them currently not having a head coach but I do think there are a few former Lakers that are worth taking a look at and that is what we are going to do during today’s video we’ll be taking a look at five of them and then decide if each of them would be a realistic Target or even worth going after to begin with but before we get too far into it if you have been enjoying the everyday content then I would really appreciate if you took a brief moment to drop a like subscribe to the channel if you have not already and hit that notification Bell so you never miss out when I upload a video but without further Ado let’s dive right into it and we’ll Begin by taking a look at former Laker Andre Drummond one of the best rebounders in the entire league and really one of the best of all time for being honest drum is somehow only 30 despite debuting way back in 2012 and while he might not be the athlete that he was back in his prime drum can still be regarded as an athletic big and I mean it doesn’t hurt that he weighs about 280 lb if not a little bit more really making him a problem around the rim with that mainly being true for his rebounding in only about 17 minutes per game the kai averaged about 9 rebounds per game or in other words nearly 19 of them per 36 minutes which would actually be a new career high for him showing that he definitely is not slowing down in that department anytime soon although I cannot say the same thing for him on defense while he never was a great defender he was a pretty good rim protector early on in his career but now he tends to be a bit below average I mean he can still block shots averaging about 1.3 of them per 36 minutes but you should not be expecting him to make good defensive rotations and if anything his most valuable attribute on defense to come from his surprising ability to jump passing lights believe it or not the guy grabbed about two steals per 36 minutes which was number one in the entire league among qualifying bigs that played over 50 games really making him a unique player in that regard and between that along with his rebounding ability that loan can make him valuable though we do need to factor in him not being a switchable Defender not a three-point shooter nor with him being a great lober at this point either and with that in mind I would only be interested in him for around a veteran min minimum level deal but now moving on to number two and here we have Malik Beasley after acquiring him at the 2023 trade deadline many are hopeful that he would become the Lakers long-term three-point shooting threat though that obviously did not end up happening now he did shoot above 35% from three of them but he was simply not able to make the impact that we were hoping for he was very streaky from the three-point line to put it lightly and then barely got any playing time during the postseason where he only shot 27% from three even when he did get to play and to absolutely no surprise at all here that led to them parting ways during free agency where he ended up taking a veteran minimum level deal to join Milwaukee which really caught me by surprise but then a whole lot less surpris thing happened to be when he went on to have a career Year from three shooting 41.3% from Beyond The Arc along with averaging over 11 points in under 30 minutes per game that’s Theo playing his minimum level contract and that right there is why pre should not give up on role players so quickly which a lot of the fan base tends to be guilty of I’d give it maybe five games before some people start to complain about a role player and especially if that role player is a three-point shooter but as we have now found out on many different occasions the only thing they sometimes need happens to be a bit more time and with Malik Beasley now being familiar what he’d be coming back to I would be open to bringing him back for the right price though I kind of doubt that he would want to come back given the way that he got treated but now moving on to number three and here we have Stanley Johnson a member of their underwhelming 2021-22 team he has has now found himself out of the league which to me is a bit of a mystery I mean I completely get it if he never showed any three-point shooting Improvement or he was above the age of 30 at this point but in reality neither of those two things happened to be true during his latest s with an NBA team back in San Antonio he shot a new career high 45% for three I’ll be with it only being on 40 total attempts but regardless that to me showed Improvement and not only that but he then continued to prove that down in the g- league earlier this season shooting over 40 s from three and this time 147 total attempts and even with it being down in the G League I think that proved that he can be at least average in the NBA and then with him only being 27 Al all being a really good and switchable Defender I don’t understand why he never got another shot let alone even on a 10day contract or something and I really feel for him at this point he’s still young has shown no isable improvement on the thing that teams have been holding against him and that is a proven defender in the NBA the only problem here is that he might not be a good fit for their team in particular don’t get me wrong I think he should be on an NBA roster both them already having Jared vanderbild and cam Rish one-way defensive players and then with ruy haimura that plays the power forward that would not leave them with much room for him again I really do like Stanley Johnson but I’m not sure he would make sense for their current team though I definitely will keep him in mind if R has shopped it out or if they would trade more vanderbild to haimura but now moving on to number four and here we have Lonnie Walker I talked about him during my Reclamation project cre agent video and I think he belongs in this one too not only that though but I think he might have interest in coming back to their team between him not having found a long-term fit with Brooklyn the team he ended up joining after leaving their team although them still being a client of Rich Pauls I would definitely not rule it out and especially with him only being 25 I mean I for think there is a lot to like you with Lonnie Walker he is a great spark plung Off the Bench a now Fairly reliable three-point shooter a great player in the open court and then a liability on defense even though he’s not a great defender and between all of that I was really shocked to see him have to take a veteran minimum level deal but now with him having done that along with not really having taken a step forward the lers might be able to get him for a bargain and if he’ll be willing to take a veteran minimum deal again then I would take him back in a heartbeat which might be more likely than you may think but now finishing up with our fifth and final former Laker and here we have cavius calwell Pope who I’ve noticed gaining some hype around the fan base lately but would he really be a realistic option in my opinion probably not though I would not completely rule it out I would not be shocked to see him leave Denver but that’s not the problem here the issue is with the amount of money that he’ll be looking for I mean he has a $15 million player option that he could take which would be three times more than what the Lakers could offer him and with that in mind the only way they could get him would be through a trade either through a sign and trade by giving him a new contract and therefore becoming hardcap or B trading for him if he opted into his contract neither of which are very likely for one I don’t see Denver wanting to help them out by trading him to their team and then I don’t see the Lakers wanting to become hard capped again either and while they might be willing to make an exception for a great 3 andd player like kcp I unfortunately don’t see it happening and barring him making it very known that he would like to come back to their team which I kind of doubt that he would do given that he got traded away from their team that would be the only way I could see it maybe happening and it pains me to say that with how much I like him but with all of that being said said what do you guys think of every former Laker that will be a free agent which of them would you like to see Lakers bring back to their current team comment your thoughts down below that will do it for this video though big thank you to those of you took the time to watch until the end of this video and until the end of all my videos in general I really hope you enjoyed it and if you did be sure to drop a like on the video subscribe to the channel if you have not already and hit that notification Bell to never miss out when I upload a video but as always thank you for watching and have a great day [Music]

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