The versatile Frenchman will be available and the purple and gold shouldn't wait to pursue him.
Welcome to Lakers Linkedin, our new free agency preview series (inspired by our friends over at Liberty Ballers' own "Sixers Tinder") where we look at the "resumes" of various free agents, and determine whether or not we think the Lakers' should hire them. Today, we examine whether or not the Lakers should try and add one of the class' top wings in Nicolas Batum.
-6-8, 200 lbs, SG/SF
-FIBA Europe U-18 MVP
-Two-time French League Rising Star Award
-EuroBasket Gold Medal
Nicolas Batum played for two seasons in France before coming to the NBA.