While the Lakers waiving and stretching of Luol Deng has mostly been viewed through the lens of financial flexibility and the push for a second star in the Summer of 2019, there are present day ramifications too. By allowing Deng to seek alternative employment opportunities, the Lakers roster now has room to add an additional player.
Typically, discussions around who to fill your 15th roster spot are not that exciting — or at least they shouldn’t be, even if we all love to debate such things. And for a Lakers team that is deep on NBA level talent, that would seem especially true.