***BREAKING NEWS*** Lakers Resign Shannon Brown for 2 years

[KingLakers]

I doubt Lamar is going anywhere considering he was one of the guys who helped recruit Artest. I think worse case scenario he takes a one year deal hoping to get a better deal next summer. I personally hope not but I think unless the Lakers free up some cap space that is probably where this is going.

[Anklebreaker702]

Good signing. Now sign Lamar & this summer is going good so far!

[CITYOFANGELSX3]

Come on Lamar!!!!!!!

[aussie_laker]

Brown will be taking Vujacic's minutes, which is great news indeed.

I fully expect Vujacic and Morrison to be traded for another PG or possibly a combo guard.

I see them trading vujacic and farmar. I think they will let morrison get fully fit before making any decisions on him - he is going to be wildcard this season and is going turn some heads doing it

[YiYaoYue]

Brown will be taking Vujacic's minutes, which is great news indeed.

I fully expect Vujacic and Morrison to be traded for another PG or possibly a combo guard.

I see them trading vujacic and farmar. I think they will let morrison get fully fit before making any decisions on him - he is going to be wildcard this season and is going turn some heads doing it

I hope you are right... but I'm afraid no team will take on these bad contracts even if Farmar is included.

[NBAWestFan]

Hinrich is expensive.

Brown is a good size guard who plays D. Hustle
and now that he is in the triangle can work on his 3 point shooting.

[alfurd]

Would've liked to have avoided the player option but good to know he's back.

[LAKESHOW]

this is a guy who has been shipped around and around the league, and knows what he wants. HE WANTS TO BE A LAKER. he sees the aging leader at point guard, knows he will be out soon. sees farmar as a complimentary piece with him. and wants to continue here with that. great for this guy. unlike ariza and his agent, didnt see it. didnt lean in this direction. and wished to continue his career moving from team to team.

[daddyfivestar]

Would've liked to have avoided the player option but good to know he's back.

If he opts in, he'll expire or be trade bait in 2011... or kick butt and get resigned. The real stress will come in 2012 when Pau is up.

The only danger is Fisher retiring, Farmar getting traded, and then Brown voids the PO and the Lakers have no PGs... there's always the MLE though (Blake, Alston, Watson, etc) at that point.

[miggs]

Glad to have Shannon back. I had a gut this guy would take less just to stay here. I remember seeing his 1st Lakers interview, he was sooo pumped about being a Laker, like a kid in a candy store!!! On the other hand, Morrison was calm and lame

Now just waiting on the news that we've re-signed Odom.

GO LAKERS!!!

[Dexmor]

Lakers should have given Shannon Brown 3-5 years.
As long as Kobe/Artest/Odom are there Brown is the perfect pg. He is really a sg who can guard sg's but also guard pg's. Maybe he will learn to play some point to. Defensively he can be a stud. He is 6'3 and musclur so he can guard the Billups but aslo the Paul's.
If we ever get a stud pg he can backup both positions.
He can be our future pg for the triangle so why not give him a long contract. He is also learning to hit the 3 and with a Gasol/Odom/Artest/Kobe/Brown lineup which will get a ton of minutes can be a really great uptempo team.

[alfurd]

Lakers should have given Shannon Brown 3-5 years.
As long as Kobe/Artest/Odom are there Brown is the perfect pg. He is really a sg who can guard sg's but also guard pg's. Maybe he will learn to play some point to. Defensively he can be a stud. He is 6'3 and musclur so he can guard the Billups but aslo the Paul's.
If we ever get a stud pg he can backup both positions.
He can be our future pg for the triangle so why not give him a long contract. He is also learning to hit the 3 and with a Gasol/Odom/Artest/Kobe/Brown lineup which will get a ton of minutes can be a really great uptempo team.

But was it possible to get him to agree to 3-5 years now though. It's doubtful that he'd re-sign long-term unless he was offered something in the range of the MLE because he may have an opportunity to receive that next summer. The Lakers risk losing him but he's in no position to receive much more than the salary he's reportedly agreed to accept either, so I'd rather risk losing him than risk being stuck with yet another bloated contract for a role player... one who isn't close to a sure thing to become a starter or the second person off the bench after Odom.

In the meantime, the Lakers get Brown for one season at a good price, which helps for a high payroll team that, again, has already committed too much to several bench players. If he proves that he's good then maybe he'll be given a starter's salary next year, filling in the spot left by Morrison or Fisher's expiring contracts (as opposed to piling on another mid-level contract now). You take a chance that another team won't offer him more than MLE money, which isn't a bad assumption at this point. Great if he can be the starting PG and just fill in for Fisher in both team role and financial aspects, worse comes to worse at least Morrison's gone and that cash is spent on a bench player instead of a bench warmer. Sign him for cheap now, have a solid inexpensive role player for another year, re-assess the situation after the team sheds a few garbage contracts and Brown's had another year to prove what he is capable of. Probably a better management decision to defer until next year than to act now.