Los Angeles would need to clear space to use its taxpayer midlevel exception to sign either of the two players.
LeBron James will return to the Los Angeles Lakers on a new contract, which is the big move for Los Angeles's offseason. Now, Los Angeles needs to fill out the fringes of its roster., which also puts them in position to use the midlevel exception, valued at $5.2 million for 2024-25. They will need to make minor moves to free it up for use.
Buha says that Gary Trent Jr. and Spencer Dinwiddie are both names to watch according to his league sources if the Lakers can, in fact, free up their midlevel exception. Dinwiddie spent the last part of his 2023-24 season with the Lakers, signing as a free agent after he was traded to the Toronto Raptors and subsequently waived. Trent has spent the last several years with the Toronto Raptors. Both are wings with shooting ability.
Staying under the second apron is meaningful for the Lakers. It came into play for the first time this season under the new collective bargaining agreement, and it limits teams to how much salary they can take back in trades while also restricting them to only being able to make one-for-one trades in terms of the number of incoming and outgoing players. It is a very limiting mechanism meant to improve parity in the league.
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