Before signing with the Bucks, Jason Terry said he reached out to multiple contenders.
He also spoke with the Lakers.
Terry tried to leverage his relationship with Lakers coach Luke Walton, who also played at Arizona (though their time there didn’t overlap).
Terry on SiriusXM NBA Radio.
I called my good friend Luke. I told him if he needed any help, veteran leadership, in that capacity – Lakers – with an ability to coach at the end of my deal, then that was something I would be looking forward to. He utterly declined, and I respect him for that.
Gotta love a guy who announces to the world his pitch of providing veteran leadership was “utterly declined.”
The Lakers should be just fine with Jose Calderon and Luol Deng.