One of the biggest signings the Los Angeles Lakers made last offseason was 2020 Sixth Man of the Year Montrezl Harrell. Vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka said that the Lakers would not sit on their laurels after winning a championship and the move to bring in Harrell was proof of exactly that.
In terms of pure numbers, Harrell didn’t have quite the impact he had in the previous season, though that may have had to do with his minutes going down as he improved his field goal percentage from 2020.
But whether he was playing 30 minutes or three, Harrell always gave everything he had any time he was on the court, and that was something that stood out to Pelinka.