{"id":8015,"date":"2025-07-20T08:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T08:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/8015\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T08:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T08:43:08","slug":"reports-marcus-smart-intends-to-sign-with-lakers-after-wizards-buyout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/8015\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Marcus Smart intends to sign with Lakers after Wizards&#8217; buyout"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marcus Smart has reportedly agreed to a buyout with the Wizards, setting him up to join LeBron James and Luka Don\u010di\u0107 in L.A.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran point guard Marcus Smart intends to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers after being waived by the Washington Wizards on Saturday, according to multiple reports. The news was first reported by NBA reporter Marc Stein.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: The Wizards and Marcus Smart are nearing a buyout, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSteinLine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@TheSteinLine<\/a> has learned, and it\u2019s believed that the Lakers will be strong favorites to sign Smart once he he clears waivers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JjMv1dEKTP\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/JjMv1dEKTP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSteinLine\/status\/1946678735119237308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Marcus Smart has agreed to a contract buyout with the Washington Wizards and intends to sign a two-year, $11 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers after clearing waivers, sources tell ESPN. A return to a grand stage for the 2022 NBA Defensive Player of the Year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8g9Bxzz11E\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/8g9Bxzz11E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1946678940052975982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The least-surprising buyout this cycle was finalized Saturday, with the Wizards and Marcus Smart reaching agreement to release the 31-year-old \u2013 who\u2019s expected to sign with the Lakers for their bi-annual exception after clearing waivers. In <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthletic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@TheAthletic<\/a>:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O1jF3Q3QQ9\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/O1jF3Q3QQ9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Aldridge (@davidaldridgedc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidaldridgedc\/status\/1946712755156734315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smart, the 2022 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, averaged 9.0 points and 3.2 assists over 34 games last season with the Grizzlies and Wizards. The 31-year-old played the first nine seasons of his career with Boston.<\/p>\n<p>His potential deal with the Lakers is reported to be for the $5.6 million bi-annual exception, replacing much of the $6.8 million he\u2019ll concede to Washington. It would also contain a player option for the second season, providing the chance to re-enter free agency if the partnership proves fruitful.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marcus Smart has reportedly agreed to a buyout with the Wizards, setting him up to join LeBron James&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,9927,590,85],"class_list":["post-8015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-marcus-smart-lakers","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}