Despite the Lakers' poor lineup this season, there is still something to be said about the Los Angeles Lakers' signings in the offseason. After trading Russell Westbrook in the offseason, the Lakers had three top-salary contracts in their pay cap and had to refine the team's roster around those players.
As a result, the Lakers signed a number of veterans on a base salary contract, including Dwight Howard, Jordan Jr., Ariza and Bazemore. In addition, they signed young renun and Malik Munch. The contracts show the shrewdness of the Lakers' management.
But this was not the case a few years ago. In 2018, the Los Angeles Lakers bought out Rolle Deng's huge contract and agreed to provide him with a salary for those years so that they could sign a superstar (that is, LeBron James) in the offseason of that year.
It turns out that this is a bit detrimental to the Lakers' salary cap. In fact, although Rohr Deng retired from the NBA as early as 2019, he will earn $5 million from the Los Angeles Lakers this season and will occupy the team's salary space.
Notably, Deng will remain the fifth-highest-paid player in the Lakers' roster, behind Russell Westbrook ($44.21 million), LeBron James ($41.18 million), Anthony Davis ($35.36 million) and Taren Horton Tucker ($9.5 million).
The Lakers continued to pay Roal Deng's salary, causing huge damage to the team's construction. While it didn't limit them to attracting superstars and giving them the salaries they wanted, it affected the configuration work of lakers' role players.
The Lakers management is looking forward to the day when Luol Deng's salary will be paid. Because that means the Lakers can spend more money on their lineup in the future.