The Lakers unlike the Mavericks and Rockets, have offered Melo a max contract.
Lakers made it clear to Melo today they'd offer the maximum, 4-yr, $97mil contract they can, if he chose them.
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) July 4, 2014
If Melo signs full, four year max with Lakers, salary looks like this: '14-15: $21.6M, '15-16: $23.3M, '17-18 $25.1M, '18-19: $26.8M
— Yannis Koutroupis (@YannisNBA) July 4, 2014