We expected it, it is now a certainty. Recently transferred to the Grizzlies as part of Eric Bledsoe’s trade to the Clippers, Rajon Rondo had reached an agreement for a buyout with Memphis and the last rumors hinted at a return of the veteran leader to the Lakers. Information confirmed this Monday evening.
And it is Adrian Wojnarowski who threw the news on his Twitter account a few minutes ago. According to the number one insider ofESPN, Rajon Rondo will therefore engage with the 2020 NBA champions for a one-year contract and $ 2.6 million. As Woj indicates, RR will actually earn 7.5 million greenbacks in total over the 2021-22 season because he will still receive 4.9 million from his old deal (from the Grizzlies therefore) that he had signed. in the 2020 offseason with the Hawks (15 million over two years). At 35 brooms, the leader will take one of the spots available in the Lakers’ workforce, all to the great misfortune of Isaiah Thomas, who seemed close to engaging with the band at LeBron James before Rondo does not land on the market. Of course, Rajon knows Los Angeles like the back of his hand, he who spent two seasons with the Purple & Gold between 2018 and 2020, as well as twenty games with the Clippers in 2021. His greatest memory under the colors of a team from the City of Angels remains his time in the Disney bubble alongside LeBron and Anthony Davis, with whom he won his second career bagouze playing a really important role during the postseason. Playoffs Rondo, does that mean anything to you? This is exactly what we had seen in Mickey’s country, and Rondo will try once again to bring his experience and his basketball IQ to a team of old veterans who want to go to the end in 2022.
Rajon Rondo plans to sign a one-year, $2.6M deal with the Lakers upon clearing waivers today, sources tell ESPN. He agreed to a contract buyout with Memphis on Saturday. Rondo will still make his full $7.5M salary this season between buyout and new deal. https://t.co/ehFzHb6pVC
– Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 30, 2021
Former Laker, veteran not far from retirement, DNA championship… no doubt, Rajon Rondo ticked all the necessary boxes to be part of the “rookies” category this summer in Los Angeles. Behind LeBron James and Russell Westbrook, who will be the first two creators of the Lakers version 2021-22, Rondo will be the only natural leader of the angelinos squad, and the role he played in the 2020 title makes him an already respected member of the locker room. Rajon will therefore have a place that matters in the Californian group, even if the presence of players like Kendrick Nunn, Malik Monk and Talen Horton-Tucker on the backcourt could well force Rondo to give a lot of instructions from the sidelines. It will be up to coach Frank Vogel to find the best possible balance between all these pieces in order to maximize the potential of this squad. A workforce that now has ten in their thirties, more than half of whom have at least 35 brushes on the clock …
Rajon Rondo back at the Lakers, it’s very real. It remains to be seen if he will be able to relive the same euphoria as in 2020, when he won the NBA title in the bubble. In any case, this is clearly the goal for the Lakers grandpas.
Text source: ESPN
