The Los Angeles Lakers had an eventful summer, landing LeBron James as well as a new supporting cast of veterans as they look to climb back to the top of the NBA mountain.
They didn’t stop there, though, waiting until the first day of September to waive veteran forward Luol Deng after coming to terms on a buyout of the remaining two years and nearly $37 million left on his contract.
By waiving Deng and stretching the 2019 portion of his salary, the Lakers will free up salary enough cap space to chase after a max-level free agent next summer.