Lakers win amnesty bid for Carlos Boozer

The Los Angeles Lakers have acquired Carlos Boozer on amnesty waivers. Boozer was released by the Chicago Bulls earlier this week, and teams with cap space could make a bid on a portion of his $16.8 million contract.

The Lakers won the Boozer auction with a blind bid of $3.25 million, sources told ESPN.com's Marc Stein.

That means Chicago must pay the remaining $13.6 million that Boozer is owed in 2014-15 on the final year of his current contract.