Sessions, 26, is averaging 13.1 points and 7.1 assists with his new team, providing a burst of speed and scoring the Lakers haven’t had at the position in years. Â So will he remain with the team? Â Read more after the jump.
“He’s given this team a big lift,” Lakers Coach Mike Brown said. “You see and you feel some leadership capabilities within him. That’s something that at that point-guard position, if he can get comfortable doing it, which I think he very well can, it can help out this organization for a long, long time.”
Sessions is expected to decline a player option for $4.6 million next season and become an unrestricted free agent.
He said he didn’t want to move again, not with so much clarity in his basketball career. A return to the Lakers would seem logical if the sides worked out a multiyear deal.
“These fans really believe in me in this place and they really know basketball. They’ve seen the greatest of greats come through here,” he said. “It’s unreal. In my whole career, it’s never been like this, being noticed. You’re on ESPN every night or TNT. You’re with Kobe Bryant out there in the backcourt.
“I want to be here. I don’t know what that means or how that’s going to happen. It ain’t no secret. I’ll tell anybody that. I tell [Lakers General Manager]Â Mitch Kupchak. I tell my agent. I want to be here. Period. For a long time.”
