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Lakers are growing confident in their pursuit of free-agent wing Bruce Brown Jr., considering offering him a non-taxpayer midlevel exception while exploring salary cap moves by cutting Malik Beasley and Mo Bamba.

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Los Angeles Lakers are growing more confident in their ability to secure the services of Bruce Brown Jr., a free-agent wing from the Denver Nuggets, according to Jovan Buha of The Athletic.

Bruce Brown

Team:Denver NuggetsPosition:SGAge:26Height:193 cmWeight:92 kgBirth place:United States of AmericaProfileNewsStatistics

The team is considering offering him the non-taxpayer midlevel exception, which is expected to begin at around $12.4 million, per the same report.

The Lakers have various avenues to create salary cap flexibility below the luxury tax threshold, projected to be $165 million. One feasible approach involves declining the $16.5 million team option for Malik Beasley and waiving Mo Bamba's non-guaranteed contract worth $10.3 million.

The deadline for making decisions on these two players' contracts is Thursday.

If the Lakers successfully sign Brown, they would still have the opportunity to retain restricted free agents Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura, along with unrestricted free agent D'Angelo Russell.

Although Brown might receive a larger contract from a team with available cap space, the Nuggets can only offer him a deal starting at approximately $7.8 million.

In the recent playoffs, Brown showcased his crucial contribution to the NBA championship run by averaging 12.1 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.9 assists in 26.5 minutes per game.

His regular-season averages marked 11.5 points, 4.1 boards, and 3.4 assists over 80 games.

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