What It Means:

Although the Lakers dished out $18 million to Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Woj reports that the front office is still looking to add Rondo as a mentor for rookie Lonzo Ball. They could only offer him a $4.3 million mid-level exception, so it really comes down to whether or not Rondo is willing to sign for that amount.

In his time with the Chicago Bulls this past season, the 11-year veteran averaged 7.8 points, 6.7 assists and 5.1 rebounds in 26.7 minutes a game. But his -3.2 nERD was next-to-last on the team and placed him in a tie for 425th of 486 players in our database.