THURSDAY, 12:27pm: The deal is official, the Lakers announced. The team refers to it as a multiyear pact, so that means it covers two years, since the Lakers don’t have the capacity to give out a longer contract.
SATURDAY, 2:09pm: The Lakers have reached a contract agreement with undrafted forward Jonathan Holmes, Shams Charania of RealGM reports (Twitter link). The length and terms of the deal are not yet known, but Charania indicates that it includes a significant amount that will be partially guaranteed.
The addition of Holmes will increase the Lakers’ roster count to 15 players, including 12 fully-guaranteed pacts. The forward out of Texas will compete for a roster spot and frontcourt minutes. But it’s also entirely possible that Los Angeles has designs on sending Holmes to its D-League affiliate to gain seasoning for a large chunk of the 2015/16 campaign, though that is merely my speculation.
In 32 appearances for the Longhorns last season, Holmes logged averages of 10.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 1.1 assists in 26.1 minutes per contest. His shooting line was .389/.331/.778. His career NCAA numbers are 9.2 PPG, 5.9 RPG, and 0.7 APG.
We will see if he can pull his career back together after wonderland!
Lakers have salary cap & trade pieces to sign a disgruntled Markieff Morris who want out of Phoenix?
Would be a great pick up for Lakers
That depends on if Morris’ issue is with Suns organization, or if he’s really just mentally incapable of playing without his twin on same team. If the issue is missing Marcus, then Lakers don’t need the headache.
Ummm who?
Good Signing! I wonder what this means about Robert Upshaw? Will the Lakers still be interested in signing the undrafted Center?
We already signed Upshaw
They didnt sign Upshaw yet…
That deal still hasn’t been made official yet.
Upshaw has not signed the offer.
Mitch and Jim must want to get fired. Another PF?
This is a combo forward he can really shoot and create.
This guy sud have been drafted grt pickup.
I don’t understand something about contracts and roster spots. If a player does not make the big club and one of the 15 spots, like Robert Upshaw, can the Lakers “stash” him on their D-league team w/o another team stealing him? Can they sent him down for an entire season…for seasoning?
can the lakers still trade for cousins. id trade randell and nick youg and another asset for him. the kings cant be to greedy if hes having issues with the coach thats bad bussiness you do wanna get somthing for him.