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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; The Lakers are reportedly interested in Pacers free agent Leandro Barbosa. (Issac Baldizon/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly interested in signing Indiana Pacers unrestricted free agent Leandro Barbosa, according to tweets on Thursday from Marc Stein of ESPN.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Lakers have roster room for Barbosa, who made $7.6 million with the Pacers last season, but he would probably only receive a veterans minimum salary to play in Los Angeles.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Next season, the Lakers will make Kobe Byrant the highest paid player in the league at $27 million and will also pay over $50 million over the next year to its core of Pau Gasol, Metta World Peace, Steve Nash and Andrew Bynum.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Antawn Jamison, who made $15 million last season with the Cleveland Cavaliers, signed with the Lakers this offseason for a one-year veteran's minimum deal worth $1.4 million.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Lakers currently have Steve Blake backing up Nash, so adding Barbosa would add flexibility and depth to the backcourt. He is still a good defender and can play multiple positions because of his speed, giving him the nickname, \"The Brazilian Blur.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Barbosa won the NBA Sixth Man award in 2007 when he played for the Phoenix Suns alongside Nash. Last season, he averaged 11.1 points on 43-percent shooting. He and the Brazilian team lost by one point to Andrei Kirilenko and the Russian team during Olympic play on Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/231057890629275648\nhttps://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/231059317636362240&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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