Which Lakers Are Most Likely to Outperform Their Contracts? Or Underperform?

The question of value is going to be a huge one for the Lakers this season. Especially in the context of which players provide more of it than their salary might suggest. 

So which guys are most likely to outperform their paychecks? 

The obvious place to start is with the dudes making the least amount of money, but who still have a chance to play an outsized role for the team. Like this year's Marcus Smart. Think players like Ziaire Williams and Matisse Thybulle, as vets playing on minimum deals, or Adou Thiero and Cam Carr playing on rookie scale contracts. But what about guys making a few nickels more? 

Is Quentin Grimes a good candidate to exceed his salary? Certainly he will get a lot of minutes, and on this team will fill a critical role both as a secondary scorer and a guy expected to guard some dudes on the other end. How about Sexton and Mamu? And then there are the guys at the very top of the food chain. Luka has to be elite, and Reaves has to play like a $40 million player must. 

But so much of this conversation starts to settle on Walker Kessler, the most controversial deal the Lakers issued this summer. 

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky 

SEGMENT 1: The Lakers need guys to overperform. 

SEGMENT 2: After the minimum guys, who is next? 

SEGMENT 3: The Kessler Kunundrum. 

Photo Credit: Kyle Ross-Imagn Images

 

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