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Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

Free Agency, Day 1: The Lakers Make Four Good Signings, but Lose Alex Caruso for Nothing

Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

We're putting the band back together! The Lakers got a little weird on Monday, as free agency started across the NBA, signing four players, all of whom have previously played for the Lakers. One of them (Dwight Howard), twice! So did Rob Pelinka have a good day? Sort of? Wayne Ellington, Kent Bazemore, Trevor Ariza and Howard make for a perfectly good use of veteran's minimum deals. Each offers something the Lakers could use and ought to exceed the value of the deals they signed. But the day had a cost, too. The Chicago Bulls signed Alex Caruso to a four year deal worth about 37 million. A big number for regular folks, but a completely reasonable (and easily anticipated) salary range for A.C., and according to Sam Amick of The Athletic, the Lakers didn't even put forth an effort keep him. Why? Luxury taxes, most likely. The Lakers are a tax paying team, and would like to keep that payroll down as much as possible, apparently. But the logic of swinging for the fences on Westbrook while simultaneously trying to save money on the supporting cast seems like a really dumb one. Nor is it the best look. Finally, answering some of your post-Day 1 mailbag questions. No Andy Kamenetzky, but Brian Kamenetzky takes a few. HOST: Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: The Lakers signed four free agents, and all four make some sense, though will raise the average age of the team up a few notches. SEGMENT 2: Why losing Caruso is painful for the Lakers. SEGMENT 3: A little more AC, plus the mailbag! Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline AG There is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the parts your car will ever need. Visit RockAuto.com and tell them Locked On sent you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.

0:10.0

You are Lockdown Lakers.

0:16.0

You're Daily Los Angeles Lakers Podcast.

0:20.0

Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.

0:30.0

Hey, everybody. Welcome to Lockdown Lakers for Tuesday, Brian Kemenetski here.

0:35.0

No Andy today. He's not here, but we should have him back tomorrow probably.

0:42.0

So you'll get all the analysis because it has been a crazy first day of free agency all over the map for the Lakers and Lakers fans.

0:52.0

A lot to break down with the guys they signed and a lot to talk about with the guy that they let go.

0:58.0

And both are really, really important.

1:03.0

So we'll do that over the course of the show, try to answer some of your questions as well about what happened on the first day of free agency.

1:11.0

What might be coming because some interesting names flew off the board today, but still some others that are there that could be potentially linked to the Lakers already are potentially linked to the Lakers.

1:23.0

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1:36.0

All right. So look, the good stuff.

1:40.0

I like all four of the signings that the Lakers made today. They all make sense.

1:45.0

We'll get to all of them Wayne Ellington, Kent Bayesmore, Dwight Howard Trevor Risa.

1:52.0

All of us as being reported now one year deals all I that would indicate for the minimum.

2:00.0

And so on that I got no problems.

2:03.0

So we're going to start there, but you got to keep in mind everything that we're going to talk about in this show until we get to that point is is also framed by losing Alex Caruso to Chicago.

2:14.0

And that was a deal that went down this afternoon 9 million a year essentially for Caruso to go join the bulls.

2:21.0

There are some details to be worked out. Maybe the Lakers get a trade exception back depending on how all this gets put together in the end, but ultimately it does look like right now at least that Alex Caruso is out the door for nothing.

2:36.0

Nothing comes back and the market meanwhile as a sign in trade to move Dennis Schroeder doesn't seem to be particularly robust either some some tough days to be Dennis Schroeder's agent as a lot of the potential places where he could have gone dried up real fast, including as Monday night came to a close news and reporting that Spencer Dinwitty might end up in Washington as part of a sign in trade.

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