Luol Deng says his experience with the Los Angeles Lakers changed his perspective on the NBA after the team signed him to a four-year, $72 million contract but later removed him from the rotation. Deng had wanted to remain with the Miami Heat before joining Los Angeles in 2016. However, Pat Riley advised him to […] The post Luol Deng details frustration over Lakers role appeared first on TalkBasket.net.
Back in 2016 following the retirement of Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers gave huge contracts to veterans Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov in order to try and remain competitive. Those moves would completely backfire, however, as neither came close to living up to their deals and those contracts are now looked back upon negatively. […]
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