After winning the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year Award for the 2019-20 season, Montrezl Harrell signed a discount contract in free agency to join the Los Angeles Lakers.
With the Lakers coming off a shortened offseason, they were in desperate need of someone who could score when LeBron James and Anthony Davis were off the floor, and Harrell delivered as he averaged 13.5 points and 6.2 rebounds in just under 23 minutes. Harrell was a force around the rim as he routinely got free for dunks and outworked opposing bench big men for offensive rebounds and putbacks.