Slava Medvedenko is expected to re-sign with the Lakers early next week, his agent Marc Fleisher said.

Medvedenko averaged a career-high 8.3 points and 5.0 rebounds last season, starting 38 games and making $1.5 million.

"We've invested a lot of time in Slava and every year he's made improvements," Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said. "He's a player that coaches like and he's still improving for how young he is."

Kupchak had said last week that negotiations with Medvedenko were not progressing as well as he would have liked. But Fleisher said there were no problems. The 25-year-old Medvedenko will sign a multiyear contract.