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The Los Angeles Lakers waived Vlade Divac, a disappointment in his second go-around with the team. The Lakers had the option of picking up a one-year, $5.4 million contract option or buying him out for $2 million. Divac will be owed the $2 million if he clears waivers.
The 37-year-old center underwent back surgery in January and played in only 15 games for Los Angeles last season, averaging 2.3 points and 2.1 rebounds. He had averaged 11.9 points and 8.3 rebounds in 15 previous NBA seasons, seven with the Lakers, two with Charlotte and six with Sacramento.
The Lakers took him with the 26th pick in the 1989 NBA draft and traded him to Charlotte in 1996 for the rights to Kobe Bryant.
