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Rajon Rondo announces he’s leaving Lakers in free agency on Instagram

After an incredible playoff run that made him just the second player ever to win a championship with both the Lakers and Celtics, Rajon Rondo is departing the team in free agency. Following two seasons in purple and gold, Rondo has opted to leave the Lakers, although his announcement thanking the organization on Instagram doesn’t make it clear where he’s headed:

Rondo was mediocre-to-bad for the Lakers in the regular season, but that all turned around during a historically good playoff run in which he ended the playoffs with 105 assists off the bench, setting a new NBA record for the most by a player off the bench since starts began being tracked during the 1970-71 season, per Elias Sports Bureau.