NBA Trade Rumors: Lakers’ Rui Hachimura Price Tag Raises Eyebrows Around the League

Lakers Predicted to Part Ways With Key Forward This Summer

Rui Hachimura is in the final year of his contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.The 27-year-old forward is making $18.2 million this season, and the Lakers have not extended him. That lack of action speaks volumes about how the organization views his long-term future with the team.Tyler Watts of Lake Show Life recently predicted that this will be Hachimura’s final season in Los Angeles. The reasoning is straightforward: if the Lakers saw Hachimur…

NBA Trade Rumors: Lakers’ Rui Hachimura Price Tag Raises Eyebrows Around the League

LA Lakers forward Rui Hachimura has found himself on the trade rumor mill ahead of the Feb. 5 deadline.

Lakers success riding on Hachimura embracing sixth man role

With Austin Reaves set to return as soon as Wednesday against Cleveland, Rui Hachimura needs to embrace coming off the bench if the Los Angeles Lakers want to make a run in the Western Conference.

Former Gonzaga star Rui Hachimura open to bench role with Lakers: ‘The things that I like to do, I’m doing here’

DALLAS – Rui Hachimura understands the job.

Lakers News: Rui Hachimura Willing To Come Off Bench

For most of his time with the Los Angeles Lakers, Rui Hachimura has been entrenched as a starter. Hachimura’s game has grown exponentially in this time as well as he has become the team’s most consistent 3-point shooter while greatly improving his rebounding and defensive effort. But since returning from a calf injury, Hachimura has been coming off the bench due to a minutes restriction with Jake LaRavia remaining in the starting lineup. And if …