The Los Angeles Lakers announced that they have officially traded Marc Gasol and a 2024 second-round pick to the Memphis Grizzlies for the draft rights to Wang Zhelin.
Zhelin plays in China and reports indicate he doesn’t plan on coming over to the NBA, so this trade was essentially a way for the Lakers to unload Gasol’s salary and save around $10 million in luxury taxes for the upcoming season.
The writing was on the wall that Gasol’s departure was looming when the team went out and signed DeAndre Jordan after he was traded by the Brooklyn Nets and then waived.