Really? Tuo Media: Ayton s buyout is a secret deal between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers

June 30, According to ESPN reporter Shams Charania, several sources revealed that the 2018 No. 1 center Ayton and the Trail Blazers finalized a buyout agreement and will become free agents after passing the clarification period. Trail Blazers media RIPCITYY posted a statement saying that the team should have some kind of secret deal with the Lakers.

"Multiple sources revealed that Ayton's buyout was a secret deal between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers. The Trail Blazers let Ayton go, and then he signed with the Lakers; the Lakers traded Hachimura for Jerami Grant. The Lakers actually traded one player for two players, while the Trail Blazers sent Ayton and Grant away at the same time. By the way, Ayton and Grant are the same agent (Bill Duffy)," RIPCITYY wrote.

Hachimura has one year left in the contract, with a salary of $18.26 million; Grant's current contract has $102.6 million left in three years.