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Lakers officially guarantee contracts of World Peace, Huertas and Black

Lakers' Metta World Peace drives on Warriors' Andre Iguodala during a 109-88 loss at Staples Center on Tuesday.

Lakers’ Metta World Peace drives on Warriors’ Andre Iguodala during a 109-88 loss at Staples Center on Tuesday.

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By Mike Bresnahan
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The Lakers officially guaranteed the contracts of Metta World Peace, Tarik Black and Marcelo Huertas on Thursday, the deadline to waive players with nonguaranteed deals.

With the news, the Lakers’ roster remained at the maximum 15-player limit.

World Peace, 36, sat out 14 consecutive games before playing Tuesday against the Golden State Warriors. Despite the Lakers’ poor play this season, team officials like his veteran voice in the locker room. He will make $947,000.

Black has rarely played this season and has been sent numerous times to the L.A. D-Fenders, the Lakers’ Development League affiliate. He is making $845,000.

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Lakers coaches were intrigued by Huertas during exhibition play but he hadn’t made an impact at the NBA level after several years as an effective player overseas.

Huertas, 32, is averaging 3.4 points and 2.8 assists while earning $525,000.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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