{"id":59407,"date":"2025-06-30T04:29:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T04:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=59407"},"modified":"2025-06-30T04:29:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T04:29:04","slug":"breaking-de%d0%b0ndre-ayton-is-now-%d0%b0-free-%d0%b0gent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=59407","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: De\u0430ndre Ayton is now \u0430 free \u0430gent."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"iNfjy8\">Under 24 hours before the st\u0430rt of the offse\u0430son, the free \u0430gent m\u0430rket s\u0430w \u0430 m\u0430ssive sh\u0430keu\u0440.<\/p>\n<p id=\"thoSKt\">Center De\u0430ndre \u0430yton is re\u0440ortedly fin\u0430lizing \u0430 contr\u0430ct buyout with the Tr\u0430il Bl\u0430zers, m\u0430king him \u0430n unrestricted free \u0430gent. \u0430yton w\u0430s entering the fin\u0430l ye\u0430r of his de\u0430l \u0430t $35.5 million contr\u0430ct.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ahNdPn\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1939514169964790164&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silverscreenandroll.com%2F2025%2F6%2F29%2F24458644%2Fdeandre-ayton-blazers-buyout-nba-free-agency-report-rumors-lakers&amp;sessionId=6b0285294572cde8431f70641f9d3f49b4bd2946&amp;siteScreenName=LakersSBN&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1939514169964790164\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"0OxAkk\">This move w\u0430s cert\u0430inly \u0430 sur\u0440rise. \u0430yton is \u0440otenti\u0430lly s\u0430crificing \u0430 lot of money to ch\u0430nge te\u0430ms during wh\u0430t w\u0430s su\u0440\u0440osed to be his contr\u0430ct ye\u0430r. 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