MARCH 11: The Lakers have officially re-signed Jones to a second 10-day deal, the team announced today in a press release. It’ll run through March 20, covering L.A.’s next five games.
MARCH 10: The Lakers intend to re-sign center Damian Jones to a second 10-day contract, sources tell Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link).
Jones made a good impression during his first 10 days as a Laker prior to the All-Star Game, putting up eight points in eight minutes in his first appearance and earning a start in Sacramento last Wednesday. Head coach Frank Vogel said prior to the break that Jones should be “optimistic about what’s ahead of him,” hinting that the big man could get another 10-day deal.
The Lakers have two open spots on their roster, so no corresponding move will be necessary to bring back Jones. With the March 25 trade deadline fast approaching, the team may leave its final roster spot open to maximize its flexibility for possible trades or buyout targets.
Since the Lakers aren’t in action until Friday, Jones likely won’t be officially re-signed until then — that would allow his new 10-day deal to run through March 21, covering the club’s first six second-half games. The contract will pay him $119K, with a $111K cap hit, per ESPN’s Bobby Marks, who tweets that L.A. remains about $1.5MM below the hard cap.
A player can only sign two 10-day contracts with the same team during a season, so if the Lakers want to bring back after his next deal expires, they’d need to sign him for the rest of 2020/21. That’s probably only a likely outcome if the team misses out on its top trade and buyout targets.
He played pretty well in limited minutes. He a good depth player who we can’t expect a lot from
Any way lakers can trade for marvin bagley? High upside and could slot in next to ad as a stretch big
Yea I doubt the kings will give him up .
why not?? lol
No. Lakers have nothing to offer.
I would rate Kuzma higher than Bagley due to fit with LJ… yikes! Bagley is in theory a better player, but is not developing teamwise.
Kuzma however is developing into a taskmaster who gets into trouble when he tries to do too much… and a compliment to Gasol, a force who does not actually do much or move well.
Not my likely comment from a few years ago.
He needs to get a Standard contract
He has won two championships, he should be getting a max contract.
Calm down ya wally