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Report: The Lakers agree to terms with Jodie Meeks
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By Andy Kamenetzky ESPNLosAngeles.com
Dave McMenamin reports the Lakers and Jodie Meeks have agreed
to terms on a two-year deal worth around $3 million dollars,
with the second year a team option. Mark Medina of the L.A.
Times had previously reported Meeks, per his agent David
Bauman, wouldn't accept a deal at the league minimum, which
for a player of his experience comes out to about $916,000.
One week later, a number agreeable for both sides was
discovered. The Lakers get a young shooting guard with two
years' worth of starting experience for a relative pittance.
Meeks nearly doubles his salary from last season and gets to
join a title chase.
Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
On Aug. 1, I provided a breakdown of Meeks as a player, so
feel free to talk a walk down Memory Lane. In a nutshell, he
provides a legitimate backup for Kobe Bryant (you might have
noticed it hurt not having one last season), outside shooting,
and youth. Three areas in short supply for the Lakers, and now
fortified. Throw in some improving defense and his natural
scoring instincts and it's hard to knock the latest drink
order during what's evolved into a basketball version of an
open bar.
What remains to be seen, however, is how the addition of Meeks
affects the rest of the rotation and even the roster. For
example, I thought there was a chance the reserve backcourt
could be newly acquired Chris Duhon paired with Steve Blake
playing off-ball. Clearly, that's no longer the case, meaning
one will spell Steve Nash while the other mentors Darius
Morris from a seat on the bench. For players with the mileage
of Kobe and Nash, lowered minutes are always a goal, but often
easier said than done. Meeks on hand makes the goal more
realistic. He also complicates matters for a pair of kids
lower on the food chain. The likelihood of both Andrew
Goudelock and second-round draft pick Darius Johnson-Odom both
making the team now feels non-existent. Depending on how many
players the front office decides to keep, neither may end up a
Laker when it's all said and done.
But the uncertain fate of those youngsters is about the only
reason to feel bummed by this turn of events. Quite the summer
for Jim Buss and Mitch Kupchak, who've certainly earned their
paychecks.
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