The Lakers have agreed to trade Marc Gasol, a 2024 second-round pick and cash to the Grizzlies for the draft rights to Wang Zhelin, sources tell ESPN. Deal saves Lakers $10M. Gasol and Grizzlies will work together on waiver and release to allow him to remain in Spain w/ family.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 10, 2021
Lakers have agreed to trade Marc Gasol, a 2024 second-round pick and cash to the Grizzlies for the draft rights to Wang Zhelin. Deal saves the Lakers $10M per @wojespn. pic.twitter.com/7TwwqkqSbD
— LAKERFANATICS (@LAKERFANATICS) September 10, 2021
Remaining players from the 2021 Lakers:
LeBron James
Anthony Davis
Talen Horton-TuckerThat's all
— Matt (@SportsMatt12) September 10, 2021
Back to 13 players on the roster. Now add James Ennis. Grizzlies to work with Marc to waive him so he can finish career in Spain with his brother.
This was a move that will save the Lakers $8 million in salary and taxes.
10 mil, actually.
Trading Gasol can be argued as favoring AD starting or AD not starting. One thing for sure with Marc gone is Davis will play a lot more center than last season as he’s the only stretch option on the team – other than LeBron James.
I actually think it would be fun to see LeBron at the five surrounded by Ellington, Nunn, Monk, and Anthony. That would be a dynamic small ball 3-point shooting team.