Lakers Rage With The Machine!

The Lakers and Sasha have agreed to a 3-yr. $15 million contract. He was threatening to leave to Europe, if he didn't get the contract he wanted. Apparently, it came down to his agent Rob Pelinka asking for $1 million more per year than the previous offer of 3-yr. 12 million. It might've also came down to the no-hair cut clause Sasha insisted upon as well...

It was reported by various media outlets, that Sasha was going to leave to play in Europe if the Lakers didn't meet his contract demands. That noise Friday afternoon was a collective sigh of relief from Lakers fans across the world. Fans thought he would go the way of a guy who also played on the west coast for Stanford, in Josh Childress.

Don't worry about Childress though. He will be making $21 million over 3 years after taxes.

There has already been a number of players who have bolted the NBA to play in Europe already. Childress is the most well-known player on the list that includes Carlos Delfino and Bostjan Nachbar.

The Lakers already received a blow by losing 1/2 of their energy duo in Ronny Turiaf earlier this week to the Warriors.

It is now become clear that teams did not extend qualifying offers to Sasha because they believed the Lakers would match it.

Sasha started his career when he was a teenager. He played in Italy from 2001-2004 for Snaidero Udine.

He spent three shaky seasons in L.A. before finally getting it together and showing the world just what the Lakers knew he had. Vujacic was known as an "11 o'clock player," by Phil Jackson or a practice player who shriveled when the bright lights were on.

He turned it around this season, shooting a career high 45% from the field and was a spark plug off the bench. Jackson would often leave him in to end the game, allowing him to suffocate a defender with his annoying lock down D, while icing the cake with a killer shot from the corner.

Sasha earned the nickname of "The Machine," because of his ability to knock down shots. Instead of raging against The Machine, the Lakers decided to rage with him.

Vujacic already looks like a rock star, so let's hope he can Rock and/or Roll the Lakers to another championship.