{"id":69890,"date":"2025-06-14T13:59:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T13:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=69890"},"modified":"2025-06-14T13:59:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T13:59:23","slug":"update-los-angeles-lakers-should-target-la-clippers-free-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=69890","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Los Angeles Lakers Should Target LA Clippers Free Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lakers need to add quality talent and may be able to find one in this NBA veteran<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_7552,h_4248,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/all_clippers\/01jxnjrjtgj6q8k2yrn8.jpg\" alt=\"Mar 2, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) shoots against LA Clippers guard James Harden (1) and center Ivica Zubac (40) during the third quarter at Crypto.com Arena.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_8wnmv6am2\">NBA free agency is about three weeks away, and it&#8217;s not a great crop of free agents. Teams are trying to get tax-compliant, as the tax aprons have messed with a plenty of future plans, and many teams are trying to save money for the 2026 offseason when players like Luka Don\u010di\u0107, Damian Lillard, Trae Young, Aaron Gordon and more could be available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_zn2h1hlzn\">That will force expensive teams, like the Los Angeles Lakers, to hunt in the bargain bin and look for players who fill out the edges of the roster and play meaningful minutes when needed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-mm-id=\"_v4qimxheu\">\n<div class=\"style_120ff32\">\n<figure class=\"base_18xy8to\" data-id=\"_v4qimxheu\" data-mm-type=\"image\"><picture class=\"_1olj64kn\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_2785,h_2785,x_0,y_145\/c_fill,w_360,ar_1:1,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Fall_clippers%2F01jxnhw9n124fxys86xw.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_2785,h_2785,x_0,y_145\/c_fill,w_720,ar_1:1,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Fall_clippers%2F01jxnhw9n124fxys86xw.jpg 2x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_2785,h_2785,x_0,y_145\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_1:1,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Fall_clippers%2F01jxnhw9n124fxys86xw.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 719px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_2785,h_2785,x_0,y_145\/c_fill,w_620,ar_1:1,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Fall_clippers%2F01jxnhw9n124fxys86xw.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_2785,h_2785,x_0,y_145\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_1:1,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Fall_clippers%2F01jxnhw9n124fxys86xw.jpg 2x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_2785,h_2785,x_0,y_145\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_1:1,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Fall_clippers%2F01jxnhw9n124fxys86xw.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 1079px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_2785,h_2785,x_0,y_145\/c_fill,w_620,ar_1:1,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Fall_clippers%2F01jxnhw9n124fxys86xw.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_2785,h_2785,x_0,y_145\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_1:1,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Fall_clippers%2F01jxnhw9n124fxys86xw.jpg 2x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_2785,h_2785,x_0,y_145\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_1:1,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Fall_clippers%2F01jxnhw9n124fxys86xw.jpg 3x\" media=\"(min-width: 1080px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_1olj64kn\" title=\"LA Clippers guard Amir Coffey\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_2785,h_2785,x_0,y_145\/c_fill,w_620,ar_1:1,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/all_clippers\/01jxnhw9n124fxys86xw.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"SRC\" \/><\/picture><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wrapper_brpv6a\">Mar 5, 2025; Inglewood, California, USA; LA Clippers guard Amir Coffey (7) dribbles during the second quarter against the Detroit Pistons at Intuit Dome. Mandatory Credit: Jason Parkhurst-Imagn Images \/ Jason Parkhurst-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_uu41vnqg0\">One player the Lakers could look to target is LA Clippers wing Amir Coffey. When you have playmakers and scorers as talented as Don\u010di\u0107 and LeBron James, surrounding them with shooting and positional versatility matters. Coffey is coming off his best season in his six years in the NBA, averaging a career-high 9.7 points per game in 72 appearances while shooting 40.9 percent from 3 on 3.4 attempts per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_g7bmcmub2\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">With Coffey listed at 6-foot-7, he can slot in about anywhere on the wing, and shouldn&#8217;t be too expensive. He&#8217;s coming off a three-year, $11 million contract extension with the Clippers and should be gettable for around the same price, despite being mentioned as one of the top available small forwards in\u00a0free agency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"style_120ff32\" data-mm-id=\"_xib3r087a\" data-mm-type=\"embed\">\n<figure class=\"_sk5w3b\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"_1nhfz2\" title=\"youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JtRF-g0hOXQ?feature=oembed\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-uw-rm-iframe=\"gn\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_bdbl2t3hh\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\">The Lakers only have about $5.6 million in tax space to play with, so Coffey could be their one main target if they can&#8217;t close on a center like they desperately need. Though they were playing Dorian Finney-Smith and Rui Hachimura at center in the playoffs, it may be easier to trade for a center rather than trying to sign one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lakers need to add quality talent and may be able to find one in this NBA veteran NBA free agency is about three weeks away, and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UPDATE: Los Angeles Lakers Should Target LA Clippers Free Agent - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=69890\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UPDATE: Los Angeles Lakers Should Target LA Clippers Free Agent - 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