The Lakers have officially started their offseason. Recently, the Lakers management also announced their first operation, that is, to choose to dismiss the employer coach Vogel. Regardless of who the Reason the Lakers failed to make the playoffs this season, there must always be someone responsible for it. So now vogel is such a great candidate. So his dismissal should be something that many people can expect.
In addition to Vogel's sacking, the Lakers will also face a major reshuffle at the player level this offseason, and the Lakers have eight-man contracts expiring this summer. Two of the eight men face team options. The contracts of Bazemore, Howard, Bradley, Munch, Ellington and Anthony will expire completely. Johnson and Reeves' contracts are team options.
Now, there is one person who can basically be sure to stay in the team, and this person is Reeves. Reeves is contracted for a team option of 1.56 million next season. Based on his performance this season, especially in the finale of Reeves's triple-double performance, the Lakers may implement the team option for next season, choosing to keep Reeves in the Lakers. All other players except Reeves are likely to face leaving, and three of them may be completely abandoned by the Lakers this summer. They were Bazemore, Ellington and Howard.
The three have been regularly abandoned by the coaching staff for much of the regular season this season. They have been unable to get stable playing time. But howard if he is abandoned by the Lakers, he will not worry about home, after all, there are many teams in the league that lack immediate combat power in their internal line, and Howard should be able to find a job smoothly. And Bazemore and Ellington may face a situation where they have no ball to play after they are abandoned.
Among the remaining players, Munch is likely to choose to join other teams to get a big contract. After all, Munch's performance this season is very stable and has already played a lot. Even if the Lakers want to keep Munch, they don't have the salary space to sign. So Munch's departure should be a pleasant departure. As for whether Anthony and the Bradley Lakers want to stay or not, it is up to them, Anthony is really difficult to perform well defensively, and Bradley's ability is still relatively balanced for now. I don't know how fans think the Lakers will decide this offseason, who will leave and who will stay?