Lakers Make Significant Roster Move After Being Ruled Out of Playoffs

The Los Angeles Lakers are already looking towards next season following an end of the season collapse.

The Lakers now have some big decisions to make concerning their roster. They will most likely try to part ways with Russell Westbrook, but don’t tell him, and they are also expected to retool the entire roster by making some small moves in other areas. Today, the Lakers got a kick start on that as they made a decision on Trevor Ariza.

According to Shams Charania, Ariza will be waived by the Lakers. This will then create one roster spot which the Lakers will use to sign a young player coming up through the system. Needless to say, the Lakers are cutting ties with Ariza early, and they are hoping to develop some fresh talent heading into next season.

The Los Angeles Lakers intend to waive Trevor Ariza and use roster spot to convert a young player prior to Sunday’s deadline to sign a player, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Open roster spot now provides flexibility to add to roster.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 7, 2022

Twitter reacted to the news:

But he was the one we were once upon relying upon to save our season. https://t.co/vpCESnjmjB

— Kobe Dean Bryant (@dwats_iam92) April 8, 2022

It’d be just terrible to dig up all the Lakers tweets about how he was going to bring this team together. Terrible, I say! https://t.co/ZUYQ6z6NDB

— Josh Eberley 🇨🇦 (@JoshEberley) April 7, 2022

True definition of hustling backwards lol https://t.co/v7u2YNzVrj

— dee (@deetrippy12) April 7, 2022

The "wait until Ariza comes back" crowd is in SHAMBLES right now😂😂😂 https://t.co/K9sB9BDHGs

— Professional Avery Bradley Hater (@Ryuawful47) April 7, 2022

Remember the time they said wait til Ariza gets back?? 😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️ https://t.co/jY2HEItPWM

— ℤ – 𝕂𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕝 ℂ𝕝𝕦𝕓 𝔸𝕃𝕕𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕤™ 🐶☠️ (@AIR305) April 7, 2022

KingsBruh told y’all niggas he was the savior smh https://t.co/VTQN796Mhx

— GDU President (@TrustSwisho) April 7, 2022

LMAO. So the Lakers Savior ended up getting waved at the end of the season https://t.co/U0m81vkxTe

— LegendOfWinning (@LegendOfWinning) April 7, 2022

There are plenty of other big moves that the Lakers intend on making, although for now, those will have to wait for the Summer.

Ariza definitely was not the Lakers savior.

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