Carmelo Anthony and DeMarcus Cousins are both free agents, the Los Angeles Lakers potentially signing one of them for their final roster spot the Lakers currently have 14 players under contract for the upcoming season.
That means they have one spot open on their roster to add another player and I think that a guy like Carmelo Anthony who could provide more shooting on the team and also be an additional wing on the roster could be a good addition and then also DeMarcus Cousins as a guy who has a lot of upsides in my opinion could be a good signing as well, because cousins really hasn’t gotten a chance to play an entire season with the team since, he’s been injured and I think that if he had a consistent role, he could fit really well in Lakers as a floor spacing Center, because you look back to when he was on the New Orleans Pelicans with Anthony Davis prior to his injury, he was so amazing offensively he is one of the best offensive centers to ever play the game he has so much talent on that end.
I think that pairing him and Anthony Davis in the front Court once again could be a good move and then Carmelo Anthony last season, he was a bright spot for Lakers, they struggled last year but CarMelo was a really good shooter for them, especially at the start of the season, I want to pinpoint the fact that CarMelo was Elite from three to start off the year, but then as the year went on they kept calling upon him to play more and more minutes which led to his three-point shooting percentage going down some, but overall he was still really efficient from the three-point line to talk more about DeMarcus Cousins, the Los Angeles Lakers do currently have two centers on their roster, so it might not make sense to add another Center, but if they add another Wing to the roster through a trade having an additional Center for some depth could definitely be a good move for Lakers.
Especially considering the fact that, Thomas Bryant has struggled with injuries recently in his career having some insurance at the center position could definitely be a good idea, because you don’t want it to be like last year for Lakers where you’re running lineups with LeBron James at Center you just don’t have much depth at the five spot so maybe bringing in a guy like DeMarcus Cousins could be good for that and I think that cousins could really excel in an Off the Bench role as a guy who comes in and scores for you get some buckets.
I think the same could be said for Carmelo Anthony both of those guys could be instant offense players Off the Bench for the Los Angeles Lakers and really when you look at free agency, I think that they’re two of the best free agents that still are available I’m really surprised that Carmelo hasn’t signed with the team yet and I think that DeMarcus Cousins could really excel in the right role and a consistent role with a team, but if you enjoyed this video and want to check out another one I did a video on training camp it’s coming up for the Lakers.
The Lakers could bring in players to compete for their final roster spot, and we could see players competing for minutes in the rotation.