Lakers’ potential bargain bin targets with the Mid-Level Exception

With only six guaranteed contracts currently on the books for next season, there is an abundance of avenues the Los Angeles Lakers front office can follow this offseason. Yet, while Rob Pelinka has plenty of flexibility in terms of his approach to free agency, the team is semi-limited as to what it can do after inevitably bringing back Austin Reaves and (more than likely) Rui Hachimura.

Let us operate under the assumption that D’Angelo Russell is brought back in the $20-25 million range, Mo Bamba plus Malik Beasley are shipped out in some capacity, Lonnie Walker IV finds a higher price tag elsewhere, and everyone else is rescinded/let go. Those are a lot of assumptions, but a lot of…