The deadline for the Lakers to sign Brian Cook to an extension his October 31st and his agent, Mark Bartelstein, said Thursday that talks are ongoing and interest is mutual.

"It's somewhere that I'd love to be," said Cook, who will make $1.8 million this season. "We'll see how it goes."

"I don't think there's any doubt that Brian's an NBA player," Kupchak said. "He may be the best shooting guy his size in the NBA. There are some things he doesn't do as well as others, but I don't think there's any doubt in the last two to three years that he's established himself as being an NBA player with great size and a quick release with the ability to shoot the ball with range.

"And guys like that in this league are hard to come by."