Here’s the Los Angeles Daily News blog reporting fun futuristic dreaming type stuff:
Plenty of time awaits before the 2016 offseason strikes. Plenty of circumstances could determine how the free agency sweepstakes play out.
But with Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant becoming a free agent in 2016, consider him as the Lakers’ top player they will pursue.
“That’s safe to say,” said a league source familiar with the Lakers’ thought process.
So with the Lakers having their sights on Durant in 2016, has Kobe Bryant made an early free agency pitch?
“No, I think we know each other pretty well,” Bryant said on Thursday at the Lakers’ practice facility in El Segundo. “I don’t think it’s a discussion that you have in terms of coming here. But I think it’s more of an understanding how to play with each other.”
