You ride his rookie contract out and let him be a restricted free agent and then see if another team is dumb enough to offer him a max contract extension.
The older he gets and continues to be an inconsistent player just continues to bring his trade value down the longer he's in the league.
Best thing for the Lakers to do is trade him now while he still has some value and interest from other teams.
All this in the same post.
Ride out his rookie contract, trade him now!!!
I expect a 3rd year player 2 of which is actual on court playing time to at least put up consistent numbers and show progress that he's close to being an allstar caliber player at this point in his career.
2 years on the court, show you're an All Star or else.
You just typin to see letters on the screen man.