The Lakers are expected to be active at the trade deadline as they look to defend their title. Yet the team’s future salary cap situation looms as a potential obstacle in making major upgrades, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.com.
Dennis Schroder is among the players on the roster who will be a free agent at the end of the season and Woj suggests that the former Hawks could command a deal that pays him “well over” $20 million annually. Schroder, who is just 27-years-old, is making $15.5 million this year.
“I do think they would like to free up some of that money they owe down the line to put themselves in position to keep the guys they have there,” said Wojnarowski. “I think that’s kind of at the center of some of their talks here around the trade deadline.”
Schroder, 27, is averaging 14.6 points and 4.6 assists on the season.
