Lakers buy out Luol Deng’s contract, clearing space for 2019

One of the Lakers’ most weighty contracts and awkward locker room situations has come to an end.
On Saturday morning, the team bought out forward Luol Deng under the waive-and-stretch provision of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The deal will allow the 33-year-old to enter free agency and end a Lakers tenure that never got off on the right foot, while giving the Lakers a chance at a max free agent next summer to be a potential running mate with LeBron James.
Waiving Deng will still co