Former Lakers guard D’Moi Hodge has signed with Aris Thessaloniki, the Greek team announced in a press release. The contract will cover the 2024/25 season.
Hodge signed a two-way deal with the Lakers last summer after going undrafted out of Missouri. Although he opened the regular season with the team, the 25-year-old was waived in January ahead of the league-wide salary guarantee date, making him a free agent after he logged just 41 total minutes in seven NBA games.
Hodge subsequently joined the Rip City Remix for the rest of the 2023/24 campaign, averaging 13.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 2.0 steals in 28.1 minutes per game across 26 outings for Portland’s G League affiliate. He posted a shooting line of .391/.355/.774 for the Remix.
While Hodge only earned about $248K of his two-way salary as a result of being waived in January, he claimed a $250K bonus when the Lakers won the NBA’s first in-season tournament in December, so he nearly earned the equivalent of a full-season two-way salary.
Hodge will be joining an Aris team that registered a 12-10 record in Greek League action last season before falling to Panathinaikos in the semifinals in the postseason.
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