Orange County Register

Now that he has a three-year, $15 million contract in his pocket, Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic was asked if his goal was to become a starting guard, alongside Kobe Bryant.

Veteran guard Derek Fisher started all 82 games at guard last season for the Lakers. Fisher will be 34 years old, when the 2008-2009 season commences. Vujacic, who will be entering his fifth season with the Lakers, is 24.

“My goal was not to sign a contract and then take a year off,” Vujacic said Monday. “I want to become better. I want to do everything that’s within my power. As long as I’m on the court the last 15 minutes, the last five minutes, then I’m (fine) with that.”

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.