The Los Angeles Lakers look even closer to making a move that will change their bench, as recently waived forward Markieff Morris now has his ‘plans’ set on signing with the Lakers, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. As part of the report, Charania reported on the vision the Lakers have for Morris to play more at power forward and have Kyle Kuzma play more minutes at small forward.
It will be interesting to see how the rest of the move plays out and what the other move is that the Lakers make to accommodate Morris. The Lakers currently have a full roster of 15 players and have to cut someone in order to add Morris. The Lakers have several end of the bench players who have hardly played, injured center DeMarcus Cousins and 13-year veteran Rajon Rondo to choose from. But the most likely answer appears to be Troy Daniels or Quinn Cook.
The Lakers have yet to officially announce the move. They play in less than four hours at Staples Center against the Memphis Grizzlies.
