Los Angeles Lakers: The perfect cheap signing to make this offseason is…

The Los Angeles Lakers are certainly going to be busy this offseason, whether it is pursuing stars to come to LA or signing cheaper, but effective, role players.

The Los Angeles Lakers have some cap space to have some fun this offseason with the biggest goal in the agenda being to sign a second superstar to play alongside LeBron James.

As it currently stands, the only real massive star that the Lakers seem to have a chance with is Kawhi Leonard. However, even Leonard seems more likely to go to the Los Angeles Clippers, so it is hard to be confident there.

However, that does not mean that the Lakers will come up empty-handed as this free agent class is one of the deepest, if not the deepest, in NBA history. The team could always overspend on someone like Jimmy Butler or Kemba Walker just to get a second star and save face.

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That is not the only thing the Lakers should be trying to accomplish as the team also needs to fill out the rest of the roster with role players. Due to the several one-year contracts that the Lakers signed last offseason, the team only has eight players, two of which are G League-level players, under contract for next season.

Los Angeles is likely going to re-sign at least one or two of the expiring contracts this offseason, but the team still needs to make additions not just to fill out the roster but to give a better outlook than last year.

Luckily for the Lakers, the role-playing free agent pool is just as deep and there exists a free agent that will not cost the team much but provide exactly what is needed.

That free agent? None other than Stephen Curry‘s younger brother, Seth Curry.

You probably have heard about Seth Curry because of his brother but most NBA fans do not realize how good he really is. He is not a two-time MVP like his brother, but he has quietly carved out a spot as one of the best shooters in the entire league.

In just under 19 minutes per game with the Portland Trailblazers this season, Curry averaged 3.4 three-point attempts per game, shooting at a 45 percent clip. Curry is a lifetime 43.9 percent three-point shooter and has averaged 15.5 points per 36 minutes the last three reasons.

To compare, that is the same points per 36 minutes as Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has produced in his two years as a Laker and is nearly four points more than Josh Hart has averaged in his two years.

So Curry can bring the same amount of scoring to the Los Angeles Lakers as Caldwell-Pope, who is a free agent this offseason and likely will not be re-signed. However, the best part, Curry is a much better shooter than KCP, which was supposed to be his bread and butter on the Lakers these two years.

Curry is not going to wow anyone and take his brother in isolation ball and make it rain over him. Heck, he probably will not even start on the Lakers.

However, he does add a shooting presence that can come off the bench with a heat check and quickly turn the tide of the game with some open shots. If the Lakers get a star to play shooting guard, having a backup backcourt of Curry and Hart is not bad whatsoever.

And the best part? Curry made roughly $2.8 million this year with the Trailblazers. Since he did not break down any glass ceilings, he likely won’t cost the Los Angeles Lakers over $5 million to sign.