Despite winning the 2019-20 NBA championship, the Los Angeles Lakers parted ways with over half of their team in favor of a younger and potentially better roster. One of the biggest names the Lakers moved on from was JaVale McGee.
He had been the team’s starting center and chose to exercise a $4.2 million player option for the 2020-21 season. However, McGee was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in a money saving move that allowed the Lakers to sign Marc Gasol to a two-year minimum contract.
In exchange for McGee, the Lakers got Jordan Bell and Alfonzo McKinnie, of which they’re only keeping the latter.