Report: Lakers finalizing buyout for Luol Deng, clearing space for 2019

One of the Lakers’ most weighty contracts and awkward locker room situations is coming to an end.
According to a report by the Athletic, the team is finalizing a buyout of 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