Lakers News: LA Has Traded Marc Gasol To the Grizzlies

LA will be sending a second-round draft pick and cash.

The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to trade Marc Gasol, a 2024 second-round pick and cash to the Grizzlies for the draft rights to Wang Zhelin. This deal will save the Lakers $10 million dollars, Per Adrian Wojnarowski. Here is the Woj bomb tweet.

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

This appears to benefit both parties. Lakers free up a roster spot and save a little cash in the long run, the Grizzlies get a second round pick in two years, and Gasol's original team the Grizzlies will be doing the noble thing and allowing a waiver to be worked out so that Gasol can stay home and be with his family. It is a nice luxury when that can happen in an often difficult business. Gasol's legacy in Memphis certainly earns him that right. 

This Gasol's legacy as a Laker was short, but at the twilight of his career, Laker fans at least got to see another Gasol in purple and gold.