Los Angeles Lakers Team Salary

Basketball Insiders

January 7, 2014

Quick: Cap space used.

Exceptions

Room: $0 (Ryan Kelly, Xavier Henry)
Disabled Player Exception (Julius Randle, expiring 3/10/15) — $1,498,680
Disabled Player Exception (Steve Nash, expiring 3/10/15) — $4,850,500

Roster Count: 15 guaranteed

Depth Chart*:

PG: Jordan Clarkson, Jeremy Lin, Ronnie Price, Steve Nash (injured)
SG: Wayne Ellington, Nick Young, Kobe Bryant (injured)
SF: Ryan Kelly, Wesley Johnson
PF: Tarik Black, Jordan Hill, Carlos Boozer, Julius Randle (injured)
C: Robert Sacre, Ed Davis

*Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.

Head Coach: Byron Scott (Four years, $17 million contract starting with the 2014/15 season, final year team option)

Basketball Executives:

Jim Buss — Owner and Vice President of Player Personnel
Mitch Kupchak — General Manager
Glenn Carraro — Assistant General Manager

Pick Swaps

2015 — Owed first-rounder (lottery protected in 2015, top-10 protected in 2016 & 2017, top-5 protected in 2018 & 2019, top-3 protected in 2020, unprotected in 2021) from Houston Rockets (Jeremy Lin).
2015 — Owed second-rounder (only in the 51 to 55 range) from Los Angeles Clippers (Hassan Adams, David Andersen, Jeremy Lin).
2015 — Owe first-rounder (top-five protected, top-three protected through 2017, unprotected in 2018) to Philadelphia 76ers (Steve Nash, Brandon Knight).
2015 — Owe second-rounder (top-40 protected) to Orlando Magic (Dwight Howard).
2017 — Owe first-rounder (top-five protected through 2018, unprotected in 2019) to Orlando Magic (Dwight Howard). If 2015 first-rounder not sent to Phoenix by 2017, pick to Orlando converts to 2017 and 2018 second-rounders.

Acquisitions

6/26/14 — Selected Julius Randle (7th) in the 2014 NBA Draft.
6/26/14 — Acquired the rights to Jordan Clarkson (2014-46th) from the Washington Wizards for cash.
7/13/14 — Traded the rights to Sergei Lishchuk (2004-49th) to the Houston Rockets for Jeremy Lin, a protected 2015 first-rounder and a Clippers’ protected 2015 second-rounder.
7/13/14 — Signed Julius Randle to a $13.5 million rookie-scale contract.
7/18/14 — Claimed Carlos Boozer off amnesty waivers (Chicago Bulls).
7/21/14 — Signed Nick Young to a four-year, $21.3 million contract (player option on fourth season).
7/21/14 — Signed Ryan Kelly to a two-year, $3.4 million contract.
7/23/14 — Signed Jordan Hill to a two-year, $18 million contract (team option on second season).
7/23/14 — Signed Ed Davis to two-year, $2 million minimum contract (player option on second season).
7/25/14– Signed Xavier Henry to a one-year, $1.082 million contract.
7/28/14 — Signed Wesley Johnson to a one-year, $980k minimum contract.
8/25/14 — Signed Jordan Clarkson to a two-year, partially-guaranteed $1.4 million minimum contract.
9/22/14 — Signed Wayne Ellington to a one-year, non/partially-guaranteed $1.1 million minimum contract.
9/23/14 — Invited Jabari Brown to training camp on a one-year, non-guaranteed $507k minimum contract.
9/23/14 — Invited Roscoe Smith to training camp on a one-year, non-guaranteed $507k minimum contract.
9/23/14 — Invited Keith Appling to training camp on a one-year, non-guaranteed $507k minimum contract.
9/23/14 — Invited Jeremy Tyler to training camp on a one-year, non-guaranteed $948k minimum contract.
9/24/14 — Signed Ronnie Price to a one-year, non/partially-guaranteed $1.3 million minimum contract.
12/28/14 — Claimed Tarik Black off waivers (Houston Rockets)