Louisville Rockets def. New Orleans Pelicans 4-3
After two good years, the Lakers are back to themselves again finishing nearly dead last in the Pacific Division. Management didn't offload Marshall Perkins because they suck or maybe because no one wanted him? Who knows?
Six years of ownership by Patterson's group and the Lakers are a topsy turvey franchise. Perhaps this year's tank job will result in a draft pick worth taking, but they haven't been super great at growing this team through the draft EVER, so I'm not sure why we should get our hopes up about that, too.
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Los Angeles Lakers Contract
Player 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
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Emmett Duquette $21,000,000 $22,000,000 $23,000,000 $24,000,000 $0 $0 $0
Marshall Perkins $17,371,200 $18,198,400 $19,025,600 $19,852,800 $0 $0 $0
Coleman Brown $13,364,784 $13,972,275 $14,579,765 $15,187,255 $0 $0 $0
Ben Rowden $9,148,043 $9,399,824 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Tony Schubert $5,612,790 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Rory Cooney $4,848,104 $5,415,900 $6,027,372 $0 $0 $0 $0
Harley Luce $2,938,815 $3,270,617 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Thaddeus Berry $2,630,713 $2,938,815 $3,270,617 $0 $0 $0 $0
Pedro Long $1,904,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Kris MacKinnon $1,743,569 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
David Stewart $1,600,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Avery Wadley $1,511,599 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Andrew Lyons $1,128,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Brendon Naughton $888,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Harley Gomez $608,000 $888,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0