AOL News has a new home! The Huffington Post.

Click here to visit the new home of AOL News!

Hot on HuffPost:

See More Stories

Shannon Brown to Return to the Lakers

Aug 5, 2010 – 1:22 PM
Text Size
Chris Tomasson

Chris Tomasson %BloggerTitle%

Shannon BrownShannon Brown is returning to the Lakers.

Brown's agent, Mark Bartelstein, told FanHouse on Thursday the deal "definitely'' will get done later in the day. The free-agent guard will sign a two-year, $4.6 million contract, with the second year a player option. He will make $2.2 million this season, with the option year worth $2.4 million.

"The lure of the Lakers was too great,'' said Bartelstein, whose client had been looked at strongly by New York. "He didn't want to look back and not have the chance to go for a third straight championship.''

Brown opted out in June of a deal that would have paid him $2.149 million this season. The sides haggled over dollars for several weeks before Brown ending up getting just a slight amount more than what he left behind.

"We'll have the flexibility and will look at it again next summer,'' Bartelstein said.

Brown, who averaged 8.1 points last season, had said all along that he wanted to re-sign with the Lakers.

Chris Tomasson can be reached at tomasson@fanhouse.com or on Twitter @christomasson
Filed under: Sports

ON FACEBOOK