There is no need to ask thousands and cents to recruit a good role player. The Lakers also didn’t bother to cross the country to find their client. He had been under their eyes from the start. A team option activated, and shoo, Stanley Johnson returns to Los Angeles for the price of three Twix and a big pot of Benco.
It was one of the main news of this special Free Agency morning : Stanley Johnson remains with the Lakers. Arriving from Toronto last summer, the winger caught on straight away in the California sun and made a name for himself as a role player of the most legendary of NBA franchises. In 48 games – including 27 starts – Stanley has 6.7 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 22.8 minutes of play. The Stanimal was a big help for the Lakers in the 2021-22 season, with a salary that did not even exceed one million dollars! Tema the good deal. In the NBA, less than the mimi, it is the price of a Kinder Bueno of the Total of the motorway area Lançon de Provence Est, which caught the sun. But there, after a good season, Mr. Johnson’s salary will be doubled, without going over NRJ’s 6-10 in addition. The Lakers finally take out the checkbook and activate their team option up to $2.4 million for the 2022-23 season. Same for Wenyen Gabriel and his 1.9 mimi: double yippee.
Stanley Johnson kept for cheap on the Lakers side, good news. https://t.co/XkmmGxQvXJ
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For the Lakers, the contract is beneficial. They are extending one of their beautiful – and extremely rare – surprises for this 2021-22 season to a small amount. Drafted in 8th position in the 2015 Draft by the Pistons, on paper, Stanimal is not a hungry tiger but rather a very cute red panda that you want to tickle at the zoo. Between 4 and 8 puntos on average over his entire career, Mr. Johnson does not have the stats expected for a top 10 draft. But as we are talking about the vintage which saw Jahlil Okafor be selected in 3rd position, the Stanley Johnson socket is a little creamier. The Lakers therefore take little risk by extending the one who, even if discreet in attack, will always represent a big added value on the other side of the floor. At 26, he is a godsend for LeBron James and his teammates, when the gears are rusting, and the Lakers collective is losing its luster. It’s up to Darvin Ham to use it well.
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The Lakers and Stanley Johnson leave for a round. After a collectively failed season during which he was able to improve his status, Stanley Johnson locks his spot under the Californian sun and hopes – this time – to take the whole team on his sled of success.
Source texts : Marc Stein, Spotter