The Los Angeles Lakers Eyeing Bruce Brown from NBA Champion Denver Nuggets for 2023-24 Season

The Los Angeles Lakers want to build a competitive roster to give LeBron James another shot at his fifth ring and are willing to steal players from the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets.

According to the Denver Post’s Mike Singer report, the Lakers are interested in signing Bruce Brown with the exception of middle level. This option would pay $12.3 million to the graduate of the University of Miami in Florida.

One team with significant interest in signing Bruce Brown away from Denver is the Los Angeles Lakers, multiple sources told @denverpost.

The Lakers could offer him the full MLE ($12.3M annually). Nuggets can only offer up to $7.8M this year.

— Mike Singer (@msinger) June 28, 2023

Last year, Brown signed a two-year, $13 million deal, and after hoisting the trophy Larry O’Brien turned down the player option to become a free agent. Therefore, the Denver organization can only offer you up to $7.8 million.

The 26-year-old guard had the best year of his scoring career with an average of 11.5 points. In the first four years in the NBA he had not broken the nine-point barrier. The shooting guard also posted 4.0 rebounds and 1.9 assists.

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Lakers free agents

Currently, the Lakers only have under contract for the 2023-24 NBA season a LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Malik Beasley, Mohamed Bamba, Jarred Vanderbilt, Shaquille Harrison y Max Christie.

The Los Angeles team recently extended qualifying offers to Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura to make them restricted free agents. This means that if another team offers them a contract, the Lakers will be able to match the offer. In a matter of players who were last year and ended their contract are D’Angelo Russell, Lonnie Walker IV, Avery Bradley, Dennis Schroder Troy Brown Jr. and Wenyen Gabriel.

Plus, they still have to sign the two rookies they took in the last draft. In the first round, with the 17th pick, they took Jalen Hood-Schifino from the Indiana Hoosiers, and in the second round, with the 47th overall pick, they acquired the rights to Mojave King, guard for the G League team Ignite.

2023-06-29 00:58:31
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