Kyle Goon: Quinn Cook said he anticipated that he might be waived this offseason, said the Lakers handled it professionally, and that it was “the best feeling” to re-sign with the Lakers after being a free agent for a few weeks.
Quinn Cook Rumors
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Position: G
Born: 03/23/93
Height: 6-1 / 1.85
Weight:180 lbs. / 81.6 kg.
Salary: $2,737,145
Born: 03/23/93
Height: 6-1 / 1.85
Weight:180 lbs. / 81.6 kg.
Salary: $2,737,145
Keith Smith: Quinn Cook’s new contract with the LA Lakers is a non-guaranteed training camp deal. It will convert to a standard non-guaranteed contract (becoming fully guaranteed on 2/27/21) if Cook makes the Lakers roster out of camp.
Kyle Goon: Frank Vogel says the Lakers didn’t have Quinn Cook today because he still has several days of testing protocols since signing Friday. Others also did not participate but he declines to say who.
Quinn Cook returns to Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers have re-signed guard Quinn Cook, it was announced today by Vice President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Rob Pelinka.
Eric Pincus: Cook was on the books at $3 mil – they cut him with $1 mil guaranteed. They’re re-signing him at the min, so his cap hit will be $1.6 mil – so $2.6 mil on the cap to Cook instead of $3 mil. He’ll earn $1 mil + $1,737,145 = $2,737,145 total – so almost the original $
Does the Lakers’ Dream of Giannis Die? Probably. The Lakers chasing cap room in 2021 was always specious. The team petitioned the league to get Luol Deng’s dead $10 million off its books, but to no avail. The Lakers opted not to stretch the waived contracts of Quinn Cook and Jordan Bell, saving an extra $526,687 of potential cap space next summer.
