The Lakers guaranteed the contracts of the three non-guaranteed players on their roster.
The deadline to waive players with non-guaranteed NBA contracts was Friday at 2 PM. According to Mike Bresnahan of the L.A. Times, the Los Angeles Lakers opted not to do so with the three non-guaranteed contracts on their roster, thus guaranteeing the deals of Tarik Black, Metta World Peace, and Marcelo Huertas for the rest of the season.
World Peace has averaged 5 points and 2.7 rebounds in 17.7 minutes per game, but was brought in mostly as a veteran mentor to Lakers sophomore power forward Julius Randle, who called the 15-year veteran "great for me.