In a sharp divergence from how they’ve tended to sign promising non-first round picks to shorter, non-guaranteed contracts, the Lakers have double-dipped on Maxwell Lewis, signing him to a four-year contract, after blowing a bag on the pick they used to select him just a couple of weeks prior.
In past seasons, the Lakers inked Max Christie, Austin Reaves, and Talen Horton-Tucker to two-year contracts as rookies, exposing themselves to the possibilities of losing them or having to overpay for them on the open market a season earlier than they may have had to.