Testing the free market ≠ leaving the team! Lake Media: Electric fans may still return, up to 56.4 million for 3 years

Basketball     2:37am, 30 June 2025

According to ESPN famous reporter Shams, Lakers forward Finney Smith refused to execute the $15.4 million player option next season to test the free market.

Lakers media Lakers Nation analyzed that due to the transaction restrictions on electric fan's four-year, 55.6 million contract with the Mavericks in 2022, the Lakers have his bird rights and can provide him with a three-year, $56.4 million contract. It is not clear whether the offer will be proposed or the Lakers are trying to renew him at a lower price, but he still has the possibility of returning to the Los Angeles Lakers anyway.

However, if he eventually signs with a different team, the Lakers will receive 14.1 million middle-class special signing.

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