International Teams Eyeing Free Agent LA Point Guard

Your Los Angeles Lakers have made some tactical role player changes around the margins of their roster during this summer. Now, with most of the team's rotation apparently set, it appears another recent Laker may be forced to seek out other opportunities elsewhere.

Per Eurohoops, free agent ex-Los Angeles combo guard Shaquille Harrison is under consideration from multiple EuroLeague clubs. LA signed Harrison and Tristan Thompson on the final day of the 2022-23 NBA regular season as break-glass-in-case-of-emergency playoff insurance. Harrison didn't make a dent in the team's backcourt depth chart during a postseason march to the Western Conference Finals, though Thompson actually had some decent moments. Harrison's tenure in the NBA seemed tenuous even before this news.

The 6'4" southpaw out of Tulsa, 29, is known as a solid point-of-attack defender at either guard spot who can finish around the rim but isn't much of a jump shooter. He's played in stints for the Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls, Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets, Brooklyn Nets and Portland Trail Blazers. He was the G League's Defensive Player of the Year in 2021/22 while with the Delaware Blue Coats, the Philadelphia 76ers' NBAGL affiliate.

Harrison played spot minutes for LA across eight playoff games that were already out of hand by the time he hit the hardwood. In those games, he averaged 1.3 points on 57.1% field goal shooting over 3.5 minutes a game.