After months and months of waiting, the Lakers finally pulled the trigger on Rui Hachimura, a player that, hilariously, they had never once been linked to. There’s certainly plenty to like about Hachimura both in the present and in the future.
And despite Hachimura being in the final year of his rookie contract before being set for restricted free agency, the Lakers intend on making him part of the future. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the team dealt for Hachimura with the intention of extending him this summer.
The Lakers traded for Hachimura with the intention of signing him to an extension this summer, sources tell ESPN.