The Los Angeles Lakers have not done much this offseason. The Lakers were dispatched from the playoffs for the second straight time and, in pretty easy fashion, by the Denver Nuggets. As a result, the Lakers were expected to be active this offseason, looking to improve the team in LeBron James’ final years.
James even offered to take less than the max after opting out of his $51 million player option. But to no avail. The Lakers were linked to several free agents who have been key starters for their current teams.
But it was one particular player that the Lakers missed on, despite the team making a significant offer, that disheartened a former member of the famed Showtime Lakers. Former “Showtime” Lakers Champion Not Happy With How Team’s Offseason Has Turned Out So, who was the player Los Angeles missed out on who upset one of the Lakers’ own, and who is the former player? The player was Klay Thompson, who reportedly spurned a four-year, $80 million offer from the Lakers to take a three-year, $50 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks. As you can imagine, Thompson’s father, Mychal Thompson , who works on the Lakers radio team, was a little disappointed.
“I’m not feeling too much in a congratulatory mood right now,” Mychal Thompson told SiriusXM NBA Radio on Tuesday morning, talking about Klay’s new deal. “You know, because, I mean, obviously, it’s Klay’s decision. It’s his life,” Mychal Thompson said on the radio show.
“He’s a grown man, 34 .
