The Lakers have officially completed three signings, according to a team press release. The trio of players are center Damian Jones, wing Troy Brown and wing Juan Toscano-Anderson.
Jones, Brown and Toscano-Anderson were all signed to minimum-salary contracts. Both Brown and JTA received one-year deals, while Jones got a two-year deal with a player option.
Jones, 27, had a solid season with the Kings in 2021/22 after struggling to find a standard roster spot in ’20/21. In 56 games this season (18.2 MPG), Jones averaged 8.1 PPG and 4.4 RPG while shooting 65.8% from the field and 71.8% from the line.
Brown, 22, was the 15th pick of the 2018 draft and spent his first two-plus seasons with Washington before being traded to Chicago last year. The Bulls declined his qualifying offer after he struggled to make an impact this season, averaging 4.3 PPG and 3.1 RPG on .419/.353/.769 shooting in 66 games (16 MPG).
Toscano-Anderson, 29, spent the last three seasons with the Warriors and recently won a title. In 73 games (13.6 MPG) in ’21/22, he averaged 4.1 PPG, 2.4 RPG and 1.7 APG on .489/.322/.571 shooting.
Because the three players are on minimum contracts, the deals can be completed before the transaction moratorium ends on July 6.
Bums
actually this is better than what they did last year
one of these guys might develop some value
Lakers are stuck between a rock and a hard place until Westbrook contract expires next year
shame they have to waste a year of lebrons career
“Appearing this morning on ESPN’s “KJM,” Brian Windhorst cited a “high-90 percent chance” that the Nets will honor Durant’s trade request and said any deal involving Kyrie Irving will probably have to wait until Durant is moved. Irving only wants to go to the Lakers, but that means the Nets would have to take Russell Westbrook, who makes about $11MM more than Irving”
Jones is above average production in win share per 48 for his career. He’s been a strong defender and doesn’t hoist a lot of shots.
Not a star. Just a reasonable minimum wage low minute rotation piece with a small amount of upside still.
I understand lakers 3 things
1 Champ expectation
2 Sign Irving, sign Gary Harris, sign Otto Porter
3 Trade Westbrook for Zach LaVine
I don’t understand one thing
6 free agents Lakers signed past two days