By James Shearman NBA Analysis Network
LA Clippers make LA Lakers ‘look bad’ with free agency decision
13-year NBA veteran Quentin Richardson recently discussed the Lakers’ offseason struggles with Pat McAfee.
Richardson highlighted the Clippers’ addition of experienced center Brook Lopez in free agency as a deal the Lakers should have made.
“I think the Clippers did that because it was a great move,” he said. “They got Brook Lopez as a backup. He’s going to be backing up [Ivica] Zubac.
“He realizes that he wants to go back home [to LA], and I think it’s a bad look for the Lakers that Lopez chose a backup role to Zubac over a situation where he could have been a starter for the Lakers. I think that says something.”
Richardson thinks the “uncertainty” surrounding the Lakers is the reason why Lopez and many other players have chosen to go elsewhere.
He continued: “I think it speaks to the uncertainty of the guys around the league about what’s actually going to happen there, with LeBron [James], Luka [Doncic], or whatever.”