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The Los Angeles Lakers are welcoming assist a key member of their 2019-20 championship crew.
Four-time All-Significant particular person level guard Rajon Rondo is assist on town after agreeing to signal a one-365 days, $2.6 million deal, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
The deal brings his fleshy-365 days wage assist to his usual payment of $7.5 million after agreeing to a buyout with the Memphis Grizzlies.
The 15-365 days NBA used spent last season with the Atlanta Hawks and Los Angeles Clippers, averaging 5.4 formulation and 4.4 assists in 17.1 minutes per sport.
The Clips traded Rondo to the Grizzlies in mid-August. Memphis later offered out his contract, making him a free agent.
Now he’s assist in crimson and gold.
The 2-time NBA champion averaged 7.1 formulation and 5.0 assists in 20.5 minutes per traditional-season sport with the Lakers in 2019-20. He then helped them own their first NBA title in 10 seasons.
Head coach Frank Vogel known as his number more commonly within the playoffs, and Rondo answered with 8.9 formulation, 6.6 dimes and 1.4 steals in 24.7 minutes per sport off the bench.
The Lakers contain a used-encumbered crew surrounding a core three of LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the newly bought Russell Westbrook. Other notable vets who are in L.A. on one-365 days deals consist of Carmelo Anthony, Trevor Ariza and Dwight Howard, who was furthermore on that 2019-20 Lakers crew.
Rondo now joins that combine because the Lakers gaze an NBA-file 18th title. L.A. opens the traditional season on Oct. 19 in opposition to the Golden Verbalize Warriors at Staples Heart.
