Lakers interested in re-signing Taurean Prince
While we’re on the topic of Lakers players, the team is interested in re-signing forward Taurean Prince, league sources told HoopsHype. Should Prince return to the Lakers, rival NBA executives project Prince to potentially command a deal somewhere in the range of two years and $11 million, which could be done by using his non-bird rights where the Lakers can offer a contract beginning at 120 percent of his salary from the previous season.
Source: HoopsHype
Source: HoopsHype
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Michael Scotto @MikeAScotto
Reporting on free agents LeBron James, Paul George, Klay Thompson, Isaiah Hartenstein, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Haywood Highsmith, Caleb Martin, Tyus Jones, Spencer Dinwiddie, Taurean Prince, and Brandon Ingram and Cam Johnson trade talks on @hoopshype. hoopshype.com/lists/nba-rumo… – 2:41 PM
Reporting on free agents LeBron James, Paul George, Klay Thompson, Isaiah Hartenstein, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Haywood Highsmith, Caleb Martin, Tyus Jones, Spencer Dinwiddie, Taurean Prince, and Brandon Ingram and Cam Johnson trade talks on @hoopshype. hoopshype.com/lists/nba-rumo… – 2:41 PM
Tommy Beer @TommyBeer
Today is the five-year anniversary of this tweet.
In the five years since signing KD and Kyrie (and later trading Jarrett Allen, Taurean Prince, Caris LeVert, three first round draft picks and four first round pick swaps for James Harden) here’s how the Nets performed in the pic.twitter.com/FM6mkzxSDM – 10:28 AM
Today is the five-year anniversary of this tweet.
In the five years since signing KD and Kyrie (and later trading Jarrett Allen, Taurean Prince, Caris LeVert, three first round draft picks and four first round pick swaps for James Harden) here’s how the Nets performed in the pic.twitter.com/FM6mkzxSDM – 10:28 AM
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Players who have been selected that high at 22 years or older have not, for the most part, gone on to productive NBA careers. There have been 30 players who have been at least 22 on the day of the draft selected over the last 15 years. Of those, roughly three have become reliable starter-level players (Buddy Hield, Cam Johnson and Kelly Olynyk). Taurean Prince has consistently been a rotation player over his career. Corey Kispert, Obi Toppin and Jaime Jaquez Jr. seem to be on their way to getting there. The rest is a mixed bag. -via New York Times / May 30, 2024
“My family, the quality of life in Los Angeles is something that myself and my family haven’t had in probably three or four seasons,” Prince said in an interview with Lakers Nation. “So to stay here would be definitely number one. If not that, then I mean, wherever the dominoes fall and wherever it’s best, that’s where I’ll be. But I for sure want to be a Laker, 100%.” -via Lakers Nation / May 28, 2024
ClutchPoints: “Minnesota Lakers 😂 Wolves in 4” D’Angelo Russell, Jarred Vanderbilt, and Taurean Prince are taking the Timberwolves over the Mavs 👀 (via @Dloading/ IG) pic.twitter.com/wdq8L6XtVa -via Twitter @ClutchPointsApp / May 21, 2024