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The Lakers now have lots of money and lots of holes to fill heading into free agency without LeBron James on the roster. While it might be the right time to move on from him, it’s a lot of production to replace.
The team is going to replace him in the aggregate and will need a number of new faces to come in and help do so. Reports have already come out about them looking at Quentin Grimes or Sandro Mamukelashvili, but another name the team could target is Tobias Harris.
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On Tuesday afternoon, Dave McMenamin of ESPN appeared on SportsCenter and reported that the team has discussed Harris as a forward option.
Earlier this season, McMenamin reported Harris as a name the team had considered as a potential free agent signing. So, this isn’t the first time he’s been linked to the Lakers for this offseason.
Harris is certainly a polarizing player. In Philadelphia, he was a lightning rod for the team’s shortcomings. However, his time in Detroit has been far better and, in the playoffs last season, he was one of the few players for the Pistons who showed up.
Last season, he averaged 13.3 points and 5.1 rebounds per game while shooting 46.9% from the field and 36.8% from the 3-point line. Generally speaking, those are a tick below his career marks in each category, though he has been a career 36.6% shooter from range.
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In the postseason, his numbers jumped to 18.1 points and 7.2 rebounds per game on 42.5% shooting overall and 29.2% from range.
If Harris is seen as a replacement for Rui Hachimura, who certainly has suitors across the league, then it’s clear that he’s a notable downgrade. If he’s seen as another wing to add to the roster along with Rui and others, then he makes more sense.
But there are a lot of moving pieces the Lakers are going to have to juggle in the opening hours and days of free agency.
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