With 5 video games within the books to begin the 2024-25 NBA common season, the Los Angeles Lakers are sporting a file of 3-2 whereas enjoying a lot better than anticipated after having an terrible offseason crammed with questionable strikes from the hiring of first-time head coach JJ Redick to drafting Bronny James.
Because the group continues to indicate promise, the Lakers brass will probably present curiosity in making trades forward of the NBA commerce deadline in February, as this squad may very well be within the combine to make some noise within the Western Convention with the addition of one other star participant.
Within the meantime, the Lakers selected to make an fascinating transfer on Thursday forward of their matchup with the Toronto Raptors on the highway at Scotiabank Area on Friday evening.
Based on NBA insider Chris Haynes, Los Angeles will decline the third-year rookie-scale choice on second-year guard Jalen Hood-Schifino, making him an unrestricted free agent in the course of the NBA offseason.
Sources: Los Angeles Lakers are declining the third-year rookie-scale choice on Jalen Hood-Schifino and he’ll turn into an unrestricted free agent on the finish of this season. pic.twitter.com/0MMmmA4cp5
The Lakers chosen Hood-Schifino with the No. 17 total pick of Indiana College within the 2023 NBA Draft final yr and had excessive hopes he may assist improve the backcourt within the close to future.
Nevertheless, Hood-Schifino has been a powerful disappointment within the quick time he’s been with the group and hasn’t proven any motive why the group ought to have any religion he’ll flip issues round shifting ahead.
With the group seeing quite a lot of promising of their first-round decide this yr, Dalton Knecht, and having excessive hopes for guard Max Christie, the group probably feels there’s no room for Hood-Schifino, who’s clearly a venture and probably a participant who by no means reaches his potential within the NBA.
