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Troy Brown Jr. joins Lakers on minimum contract

Troy Brown Jr., a young wing who played for the Chicago Bulls this past season, will become a Laker.

Coming into this offseason, just about everyone agreed the Los Angeles Lakers needed to add multiple young, productive wings to their roster in order to become competitive again.

The team had been expected to compete for the NBA championship this past season, but due to injuries and its advanced age, it failed to even reach the play-in tournament.

On Thursday, the first day of free agency, the Lakers went ahead and got Troy Brown Jr, to agree to join the team for the veteran minimum salary.

Brown is just 22 years of age, and he stands 6-foot-6 and weighs 215 pounds. With a wingspan of nearly 7 feet, he is a decent athletic specimen.

He was a first-round draft pick in 2018, and in four NBA seasons, he has averaged 6.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 0.7 steals in 18.5 minutes per game.

This past season, he hit 35.3 percent of his 3-point attempts as a member of the Chicago Bulls.

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Players who didn’t extend and are headed to restricted free agency

Here’s a look at those players that will be headed to restricted free agency in 2022 after the rookie-scale extension deadline passed.

The rookie-scale extension deadline has passed with a flurry of extensions for the 2018 draft class. Eleven players were extended, including four players signing maximum extensions. These extensions combine for a total of $1.146 billion in guaranteed money.

Twelve players on rookie-scale contracts that were extension-eligible did not extend and it will be interesting to see how the 2022 free agent market shakes out for them. There are now only 4 teams that can generate significant cap space next offseason, which explains why so many players extended now. Here’s a look at those players that will be headed to restricted free agency in 2022.

Sixers identify Josh Richardson as a key reason for win over Wizards

The Philadelphia 76ers identify Josh Richardson as a key reason for knocking off the Washington Wizards.

Philadelphia 76ers guard Josh Richardson does get swept under the rug a lot on this team. Especially considering he is on a team with Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons and they get all the love from the media and the team and everything else in between.

However, his contributions cannot be overstated on this team. In their 107-98 win over the Washington Wizards, Richardson contributed 15 points and he knocked down three of his six attempts from deep. He shot 5-for-9 from the floor overall and this comes after a tough opener against the Indiana Pacers to begin the restart.

Coach Brett Brown has said in the past that he does not call plays for his starting shooting guard and that remains to be true, but Richardson still continues to find his niche and make an impact on this team.

“I think Josh Richardson is just sort of that quiet contributor on most nights,” said Brown. “I think the last time that we played against San Antonio, I liked his mentality, just his attack mentality. I think just living in that world as opposed to thinking that there’s going to be a lot of play calls, it’s not going to happen that way so his impact is going to come from him playing with that mentality than a coach just calling a play. I think he was very good in that capacity.”

On top of his needed contributions on offense, Richardson stepped up to the plate when the time called for it against Washington’s guards. Despite not having Bradley Beal, the Wizards boast a lot of quick offensive guards led by Ish Smith, Jerome Robinson, and Troy Brown Jr. who are very good at attacking the rim and Richardson was able to make an impact on defense.

“I thought that he stalked their guards and we needed him,” Brown added. “When you start talking apples to apples, they got live ball guards who can play downhill and get to the rim far too often in the first half, but J-Rich’s ability to defend that and keep those types of athletes in front of him, I thought stood out again tonight. He really was very, very important for us to get this win.”

This is a good sign for Philadelphia. Granted, when the playoffs begin, they will have to take on much better and quicker guards than what Washington can boast, but Richardson makes a big difference on that end.

When they next take on the Orlando Magic on Friday, he has another challenge in the form of former Sixer Markelle Fultz as well as Evan Fournier. [lawrence-related id=36243,36227,36213]