Reporter: Getting Ayton and Laravia makes the Lakers trigger a lower salary cap, and the deal becomes more difficult

July 3 According to previous news, the Lakers signed a two-year, $16.6 million contract with DeAndre Aiton.

In response to this, CBS reporter SamQuinn said: "There are two subtle but important differences here.

"If the Lakers had left DFS (Dorian Finney Smith), they would have had a luxury tax middle class special case. Instead, they used the full middle class special case on (Derandre) Ayton + (Jack) Laravia.

"In the Ayton + Laravia scheme, they can get biennial special cases. But they will also trigger a lower hard salary cap, which makes trading more difficult."