There has been much discussion over the Los Angeles Lakers choosing not to bring back veteran forward Jared Dudley for a third season. Though he wasn’t a major contributor on the court, he was invaluable as a locker room leader and clear favorite of both LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
With the team apparently valuing younger depth, they decided to let Dudley go in a move that he respects but doesn’t necessarily agree with.
Dudley has been open about the fact that he expected to return to the Lakers, but instead, he will now join the Dallas Mavericks not as a player, but as an assistant coach under their new head man Jason Kidd, who of course has served as a Lakers assistant the last couple of years.