Lakers decline Hill's 2015-16 option, sources say
The Los Angeles Lakers will not be picking up their $9 million team option on forward Jordan Hill, league sources told ESPN.
The Lakers have an interest in re-signing Hill during free agency, but the move was made at the moment to help add salary cap space as the Lakers enter free agency in pursuit of several big-name players, sources said.
Hill was a bright spot in an otherwise dismal 2014-15 season for the Lakers.
His 12.0 points and 7.9 rebounds per game were easily career bests as he helped fill the void of the injured Julius Randle at power forward. He also started 57 of the Lakers’ 70 games — before the season, he had started just 60 games total in eight seasons.
The 6-foot-10 Hill, the eighth overall pick in 2009 out of Arizona by the New York Knicks, had spent the past three seasons with the Lakers and indicated earlier this year that he’d like to stay.
“I want to be here,” Hill said. “I want to be a in a steady place I call home.”
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