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Los Angeles Lakers: The end of two eras, Luol Deng is waived

Breaking news for the Los Angeles Lakers! There is a party going on at Magic Johnson‘s house! Okay, that’s not true, but believe me the Los Angeles Lakers must feel like dancing after waiving Luol Deng (Like FINALLY!) two years after Mitch Kupchak and Jim Buss played Publishers Clearing House, handing him a four-year, $72 million dollar contract.

The details of the buyout is that Luol Deng gave back a reported $7.5 million dollars, which clears a whopping $38 million dollars for the upcoming 2019 free agency according to ESPN.

ESPN reporting with @ramonashelburne: In buyout with Lakers, Luol Deng walked away from $7.