The Los Angeles Lakers entered free agency with an opportunity to end the team’s rebuilding process following five seasons.
Armed with a young core and two max-contract slots, president of basketball operations Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka established a two-year window to sign at least one All-Star caliber player in free agency and that happened with the news of LeBron James signing.
Now with James on board, the other dominoes are beginning to fall with the first being Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who is also represented by Klutch Sports. According to Chris Haynes of ESPN, Caldwell-Pope has agreed to a one-year $12 million deal to remain in L.