LOS ANGELES — The Lakers enter free agency Thursday with just the taxpayer midlevel exception and minimum contracts to fill their roster around LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook, who will exercise his player option and stay under contract for another season, guaranteeing a $47 million salary, sources told The Los Angeles Times.
Westbrook needed to make a decision whether to opt in or become an unrestricted free agent by Wednesday. The move was widely expected.
Westbrook posted a video of himself singing the chorus to Beyonce's "Break My Soul," repeatedly singing Tuesday morning, "You won't break my soul."
