What is Malik Beasley's contract with LA Lakers? Salary, duration, and more

The LA Lakers acquired sharpshooter Malik Beasley from the Utah Jazz at the trade deadline as part of their three-team deal involving Minnesota. Beasley was brought in to help the Lakers' 26th-ranked team 3-point shooting (33.7%). Meanwhile, he is on a contract that gives the Lakers financial flexibility entering this summer.

Beasley, aged 26, is making $15.6 million this season. After that, he has a team option worth $16.5 million for next season. So this offseason, the Lakers will have to decide whether or not to exercise their team option to retain Beasley for next season.

Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka made it clear after the trade deadline that LA acquired players like Beasley to improve the teams’ shooting:

“Going into the trade deadline, we really wanted to address shooting, spacing, and more wing depth and size,” Pelinka said.

Pelinka also explained that the team is trying to maximize its championship window:

“We were very mindful of the window we have with this team with our cornerstones of LeBron (James) and Anthony Davis,” Pelinka said.

“Our calculus around that has been binary. We’re on a championship road or we’re not. We showed this trade deadline a willingness to be very aggressive with our assets to make the team better and also plan for the future. I’m glad we were able to put actions to words,” Pelinka continued.

So Beasley’s long-term future in LA will likely depend on how successful the Lakers are over the stretch run of the season.

How has Malik Beasley fared this season?

Former Utah Jazz sharpshooter Malik Beasley

Through his first three games for LA, Malik Beasley put up averages of 11.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 2.7 3-pointers per game. He did so while shooting 38.2% shooting and 32.0% from deep.

Over 55 games with Utah, Beasley averaged 13.4 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.7 apg, 0.8 spg and 3.1 3pg while shooting 39.6% and 35.9% from deep.