Deng played just one game and 13 minutes in the whole of last season for the LA Lakers, a once-mighty team who had fallen on hard times and wanted to go with their younger players. The LA Lakers have handed Luol Deng a staggering £22.5million to get him off the booksYet they still had to pay the Sudanese-born refugee, who was raised in Norwood, London, his full $17,190,000 (£13,223,076) contract over the season - around £254,000 a week. In short, that left LA paying Deng a £22.5 million 'golden handshake' for the privilege of having him leave the club this week. 'We want to thank Luol for his time with the Lakers,' said LA general manager Rob Pelinka in a curt statement. Clubs are bound to express an interest, however, and a person close to the situation explained this week that Deng does not want his career to just fizzle out.

Source: Daily Mail September 06, 2018 08:52 UTC