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Lakers officially cut ties with 6-foot-3 ex-Cavaliers All-Rookie guard, NBA champion originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Lakers officially cut ties with several contributors to help them open up some much-needed cap space, some of whom haven’t played with the franchise in years.
A 6-foot-3 ex-Cleveland Cavaliers All-Rookie guard and NBA champion is one of them, as he hasn’t competed with Los Angeles since 2020. Still, that didn't stop the franchise from saying goodbye to the 34-year-old in a mid-week move.
“The Los Angeles Lakers have officially renounced the free agent rights to LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Dion Waiters, Luke Kennard, Marcus Smart, Maxi Kleber, Nick Smith Jr, Jared Dudley, Avery Bradley, Jaxson Hayes, Markieff Morris, and Wayne Ellington,” HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto reported on X/Twitter.
Waiters, who began the 2019-20 campaign with the Miami Heat before getting shipped to the Memphis Grizzlies in a midseason three-team trade, joined the Lakers shortly after Memphis waived him.
The former lottery pick only appeared in seven games with the Lakers, but won a bubble championship with the franchise following a shortened regular season (due to COVID-19). Waiters, known for his confident shot-making regardless of the circumstances, averaged 11.9 points per game.
Although the Syracuse product’s career went downhill from there, he can take solace in knowing that he won a title during one of the most difficult and stressful times in NBA history.
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