The worst-kept secret in the NBA — if you can even consider it a “secret” at this point — is that the Los Angeles Lakers are going to do everything they can to land two superstars in free agency come Summer 2018. Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka exchanging communication considered to be a “prohibited expression of interest” with Paul George’s agent left the Lakers’ soaking a $500,000 fine for that cat being let out of the bag a bit too brashly.
That hasn’t deterred the Lakers at all, as Magic Johnson explained to Mike Bresnahan of Spectrum SportsNet that he’s feeling confident as they build toward free agency.