The only issue here is that the lakers don’t want to bring back long term salary either so that complicates things a bit ..if the lakers were willing to forgo their cap space next summer and trade for a guy with 3 years left on his contract I think that would make Russ a lot more palatable to teams …I would just ride it out with this nikka at this point the lakers tax teams are putting down ain’t worth it ..plus they’ll be able to trade some of these new guys at the the breakI think we all understand that. But teams will appreciate that massive expiring and the opportunity to rid themselves of veteran players and bottom out effectively.


