Los Angeles Lakers: Three players that might not finish the season in LA

By Jason Reed | Sep 10, 2019

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 09: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope #1 of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts to a Laker foul during a 104-101 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center on April 09, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. /

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2. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is, without a doubt, my least favorite three and D guy on the Los Angeles Lakers. Danny Green is the obvious number one and I genuinely think that Avery Bradley will improve and prove to be a much better player in that role than Caldwell-Pope is.

KCP has just been mediocre in his two years in Los Angeles but because of the team’s need for depth as well as the fact that he is a Klutch Sports client, Caldwell-Pope keeps getting contracts and will have received $56.5 million out of the Lakers across four seasons, if he plays out his contract, of course.

I absolutely see a reality in which Caldwell-Pope becomes the obvious third-best three and D guy on the team and the Lakers instead decide to flip him to a team for a big man or even a point guard if Rajon Rondo and Alex Caruso disappoint.

Caldwell-Pope can have some trade value as a three and D guy and can even be acquired to dump a longer contract. The team acquiring him could then flip the one year of his contract easily the next offseason if they really wanted to.

Either way, Caldwell-Pope is going to be the worst of the three and will see his role diminish as the year goes along, which absolutely increases the chances of him getting traded in some kind of deadline deal.

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