Los Angeles Lakers Looking at Their Options This Offseason

How dare they insult "The Machine" with this? Who do they think they are? Sasha is looking for a contract like his buddy Luke, but Lakers are timid to give him something like that.

I do expect the Lakers and Vujacic to come to an agreement soon. He recently changed his agent, which is only delaying communications. Also, it doesn't look like he can catch a break like his good pal Ronny.

What is the key to getting Sasha back in a Laker uniform next season? More money, more money, more money—and a few more years won't hurt.

Sasha is valuable to the Lakers. He is a good defender who knows how to annoy players. Not to mention that killer three-pointer that is becoming more consistent every year.

The Lakers already announced that they will not be bringing back Ira Newble. Who's that, you say? Don't worry about it.

However, the signing of DJ Mbenga is sort of interesting. Mbenga wasn't much. He was basically signed to fill the roster, and if they re-sign him for another season, it will be for the same reason.

In the coming months, Lakers have a decision to make on Coby Karl. They have a team contract option that they can decide to use.

Karl played the bench warmer role last season but the crowd loved him. They cheered him on and chanted his name. They want him to succeed, and he's not a bad basketball player.

He's got potential—but then again so did Kwame Brown. We all know how that turned out. He's not a bad player to invest some money into, and he can come in off the bench at times and get the crowd pumped up.

The Lakers have a couple second-round draft choices to decide on as well—Joe Crawford and Sun Yue. 10 Players are guaranteed a contract next season. If Vujacic, Mbenga, and Karl return, then the Lakers could still sign these two for a full 15-man roster. Yue and Crawford are great prospects, so it will be interesting to see the results of that.

Trade rumors haven't been circulating around the Lakers much this off-season, except in the case of Ron Artest. He has been in Laker trade rumors for so long that most people are expecting nothing to happen.

You always hear, "Kobe Bryant and Artest are great friends. They will be able to work together. Artest will give the Lakers the lock-down defense they need at the forward position." While I'm not arguing that, I'm not exactly condoning a trade to the Lakers for a few reasons.

Yeah, I'm going to say it—he's a loose cannon. It seems like he flip-flops everyday on his status with the Sacramento Kings. Sometimes he wants to be a King for life and other times he wants to be traded.

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