In an offseason when the Los Angeles Lakers had a near overhaul of their roster and were praised for giving out new contracts in every direction, former guard Marcus Smart felt differently.
Yahoo Sports · September 24, 2026

After opting out of a two-year, $10.5 million deal he signed with the Lakers the year before, Smart told Varun Shanka of The Houston Chronicle, the offer he received over the offseason felt "disrespectful."
"First off, I played so well that the offer that was ultimately given didn't match the way that I played," he said to the Houston Chronicle, "Especially when you see guys who played way worse than I did, the offers they're getting. And then it wasn't any security that we wanted that they were willing to do."
Former Los Angeles Lakers' guard Marcus Smart blasts the team's free agency offer and calls it "disrespectful." JASON SZENES/ NY POST
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