Report: Lakers, Mozgov agree to 4-year deal worth $64M
The Los Angeles Lakers and free-agent center Timofey Mozgov have reportedly agreed to a four-year contract worth $64 million, according to The Vertical's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Mozgov, an unrestricted free agent who's spent the last year-and-a-half in Cleveland, averaged 6.3 points and 4.4 rebounds in only 17 minutes per game this past season.
The 29-year-old is an efficient finisher around the rim and in the pick-and-roll, and a solid two-way big man in the half court, but he lacks the mobility to be effective on the defensive end when teams go small. He fell out of the Cavaliers' playoff rotation as the team marched toward its first championship in franchise history.
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Even with Mozgov's lucrative new contract on the books, though, the Lakers could still have roughly $45 million in cap space.
Teams can't officially sign players until the league's moratorium is lifted on July 7.