Los Angeles Lakers waive Kendall Marshall, interested in bringing him back
Although the loss of center Dwight Howard to the Houston Rockets obviously hurt, injuries were the biggest problem for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2013-2014 season.
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The Lakers lost point guard Steve Nash for most of the season, lost point guard Jordan Farmar to an injury and traded point guard Steve Blake to the Golden State Warriors, bringing back guard Kent Bazemore.
That’s why they turned to Kendall Marshall, signing the former first round pick out of the NBA’s Developmental League.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports, the Lakers are waiving Marshall, but could bring him back if he clears waivers.
Lakers waiving guard Kendall Marshall, but have interest in bringing him back on a new deal if he clears waivers, league sources tell Yahoo.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 18, 2014
Marshall was originally drafted by the Phoenix Suns with the 13th-overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, but played in just 48, spending chunks of the season in the D-League. After just one season, the Suns gave up on Marshall and dealt him to the Washington Wizards. Marshall, along with guards Shannon Brown and Malcolm Lee and center Marcin Gortat, who was the grand prize in the deal, joined the Wizards while the Suns received veteran big man Emeka Okafor and a first round pick in last month’s draft.
After averaging 3.0 points and 3.0 assists during his rookie season, Marshall had a much better second season. In 54 games for the Lakers last season, he made 45 starts and played 29.0 minutes per game (as opposed to 14.6 in his first year). He averaged 8.0 points, 8.8 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 0.9 steals per game while shooting 40.6% from the field, 39.9% from beyond the arc and 52.8% from the free throw line.