{"id":687110,"date":"2026-05-22T20:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/687110\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T20:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:45:09","slug":"lakers-named-one-of-best-fits-for-coveted-51-million-sharpshooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/687110\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers named one of ‘best fits’ for coveted $51 million sharpshooter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lakers named one of ‘best fits’ for coveted $51 million sharpshooter<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> could have a transformative offseason.<\/p>\n

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LeBron James’ pending free agent decision may well condition everything for the Lakers, whose roster could undergo a series of changes as Rob Pelinka and JJ Redick try to build the optimal team<\/a> for franchise player Luka Doncic.<\/p>\n

That includes lob threats and 3-and-D wings who will elevate the Lakers in a Western Conference ruled by two titans in the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> and the San Antonio Spurs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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One player ESPN<\/a> has named a fit in Los Angeles is Ayo Dosunmu, who helped transform the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> following a midseason trade out of Chicago. ESPN projects that Dosunmu will sign for three years and $51 million — a flat $17 million per year.<\/p>\n

Dosunmu is one of the most attractive free agents on the market due to his cost and his shooting (41.4 percent in 24 games with Minnesota). The 26-year-old guard\u00a0can sign for up to three years and $52.4 million if he extends with the Timberwolves before June 30, and Minnesota has no intention of letting him leave.<\/p>\n

“Ayo’s our most important free agent,” Minnesota’s president of basketball operations Tim Connelly told The Minnesota Star Tribune recently. “He’s a guy we thought we knew pretty well, and we liked him from afar. Now seeing him day to day, we love him. I think he fits in not just on the court but off the court. I think his best basketball is in front of him.”<\/p>\n

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Still, if Dosunmu can’t get a deal done in Minnesota, teams like the Lakers — who could lose the league’s leading 3-point shooter, Luke Kennard, in free agency — will be all over Dosunmu, an electric scorer off the bench who would be a seamless fit spacing the floor next to Doncic.<\/p>\n

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