Seven Former Lakers Who Could Return as Free Agents

Just because it has been repeated to death does not mean it’s any less of a fact—the Los Angeles Lakers have a ton of roster holes to deal with.

Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash will be back, and so will Robert Sacre!

There’s your starting lineup of three—the only players under actual contract for next season. It’s not really quite that dire, of course. The Lakers can make qualifying offers to both Ryan Kelly and Kent Bazemore, thus making them restricted free agents. They also have an option on Kendall Marshall, that modern practitioner of the set shot who showed a legitimate talent for dishing dimes by the boatload this past season.