At 2pm today, the deadline for non-guaranteed contracts to become guaranteed passed, meaning teams could release players under those contracts and not have to pay anything else. The Lakers had two players in that situation in Thomas Robinson and Metta World Peace.
While most assumed Robinson was in no danger as he is a part of the rotation and contributing regularly, World Peace was another story as he rarely plays and the Lakers could use his roster spot potentially.
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Head coach Luke Walton publicly pined for the Lakers to keep World Peace on the roster and the front office was on the same page as both he and Robinson will remain with the Lakers according to Tania Ganguli of the LA Times:
As expected, the Lakers didn't waive Metta World Peace or Thomas Robinson by today's 2 pm deadline.