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Lakers officially release Andrew Bogut, plan to ‘aggressively’ seek outside shooting help

The Los Angeles Lakers have brought an end to the Andrew Bogut experience, announcing early Saturday morning that they’ve waived the veteran big man. Bogut appeared in 24 games for the purple and gold, averaging 1.5 points and 3.3 rebounds in nine minutes per game.

This brings the Lakers’ main roster down to 14, giving the front office options going forward. General manager Rob Pelinka already knows where he wants focus his attention with the new space, setting his sights on making an “aggressive” push to add shooting to the team through the use of a 10-day contract, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.