According to ESPN well-known reporter Dave McMening, the Los Angeles Lakers today decided to transfer the remaining contracts of two players on the team this season to full coverage, Austin Reeves and Avery Bradley.
As a losing draft, Rivers initially joined the Lakers on a two-way contract and was then promoted to a standard contract before training camp, and so far this season he has played in 20 games, averaging 20.3 minutes per game, averaging 5.6 points and 2.5 rebounds, shooting 49.4%/37%/90% from the field, but the Lakers just decided to turn his $925,258 rookie annual contract into full coverage. And his $1,563,518 contract for the 2022-23 season remains unsafe.
Bradley was originally a member of the Golden State Warriors in the offseason, but the Warriors laid him off last October, and the Lakers immediately claimed his contract at the first time. Bradley immediately after joining the Lakers became an important part of the Lakers' backcourt rotation, starting 26 games in 31 games, averaging 23.8 minutes per game, scoring 6.4 points, shooting 42.5%/39.4%/100% shooting, and more importantly, he also provided the Lakers' much-needed outside defense, after the Lakers announced that he would turn the remaining $1.669178 of the season into full protection, He will receive all $2,641,691 in annual salaries this season.
Despite the Lakers' success in retaining Reeves and Bradley, there is still a gap in the Lakers' 15-man roster, and they recently traded veteran Rajan Rondo to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and they are expected to use this vacancy to retain Stanley Johnson, who recently received a formal 10-day short contract from the Lakers.