Quiet Start to Free Agency: Lakers Spurned by Klay Thompson, Looking at DeMar DeRozan?

Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

Was Klay Thompson a good idea? A bad idea?

Well, the Lakers were, according to Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report, willing to go as high as three or four years around $20 mil a year for Thompson. And, he has, reportedly, decided to go to the Mavericks instead. But whether the Lakers dodged a bullet or not, the fact remains they haven't done anything yet in the offseason from a personnel standpoint. Meanwhile, players are sliding off the board at a variety of positions while the Lakers face a logjam on the roster and a weird Jenga puzzle of a roster that makes swapping players in and out in trades complicated.

Is there any shot this gets better? Especially in time to take advantage of LeBron James's offer to take less money to bring in an impact player? (That deadline -- when he goes to start Team USA practices -- is coming fast.)

So why can't the Lakers move forward? Is Rob Pelinka to blame? Is it really a matter of trying to buy a house when people aren't selling? Selling a house nobody wants to buy?

What about DeMar DeRozan? On the one hand, he's the best remaining free agent on the market, on the other... he does not exactly address the team's defensive shortcomings. And while he's got a tremendous mid-range game, the lack of a 3-point shot could be a problem.

Could the Lakers make that work?

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky

SEGMENT 1: The Lakers miss out on Klay.

SEGMENT 2: Why are the Lakers stuck? Who is to blame?

SEGMENT 3: What about DDR?

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