This gives Hurley some time to say his goodbyes.

I doubt it would have become public unless there was some kind of spoken agreement in place.

Woj source on this is the Lakers GM.

This isn’t an agent trying to put a story out there (Shams is the guy that reports what agents tell him). Most of the time Woj is the guy GMs use.

Nothing is official until a contract is signed but this story doesn’t get reported by Woj unless Hurley has given some kind of assurance to the Lakers IMO.