Report: Pau Gasol Rejects Lakers' 2-Year, $20 Million Offer
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -After spending seven seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, center Pau Gasol is moving on after rejecting the Lakers' two-year, $20 million offer they gave him, Friday.
It is down to the Chicago Bulls, Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs as his next destination of his career.
According to his twitter, he is close to his decision.
I'm very close to deciding. Thank you all for your interest and support! #FreeAgency
— Pau Gasol (@paugasol) July 11, 2014
Lakers on the books for 2014-15:
1. Kobe Bryant: $23.5M
2. Steve Nash: $9.7M
3. Jordan Hill: $9M
4. Jeremy Lin: $8M
5. Nick Young: $5M
6. Robert Sacre: $1M
7. Jordan Clarkston: $1M
8. Kendal Marshall: $1M
The Lakers have also agreed to re-sign Nick Young and Jordan Hill to a 2-year deals.
The first move for the Lakers was acquiring Jeremy Lin and a future first round pick from the Houston Rockets.
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