Deandre Ayton posted a thank you message for the Portland Trail Blazers, and finished it with a message for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Deandre Ayton has agreed to join the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent after negotiating a buyout with the Portland Trail Blazers.

Chris Haynes first reported the news. Over the weekend, the Blazers and Ayton agreed to a buyout of the final year of his contract worth $35.5 million over the weekend. The Blazers will pay $25 million of his contract after he agreed to give up $10 million in order to become a free agent.