The Los Angeles Lakers old front office did not spend their money wisely in the summer of 2016, as they signed veteran forward Luol Deng to a four-year, $72 million contract.
Deng has not lived up to that contract as after poor play in the 2016-17 season, he wound up being shut down from March on and then after starting the first game of this season he has been inactive for the last nine games.
Lakers head coach Luke Walton likes having Deng as a veteran presence in the Lakers young locker room, but apparently, that is not good enough for Deng as he is seeking to be moved to a different team, via Ramona Shelburne of ESPN:
“It definitely hurts,” Deng told ESPN Monday after the Lakers practiced.