Lakers ATHLETIC FREAK Center Signing Target with Kai Jones for 2-Way Deal?

And then for a backup center, yes, they have Kessler, they have Mamou Kalashvili, and then they have Kevon Looney.

But maybe not a direct, full-time, reliable backup.

Could there be an answer maybe with a FIBA World Cup standout? A guy that's been in the NBA? A guy that's, you know, back to what he maybe once was and is still only 25 years old? There's been some recent uproar, some recent talk about Kai Jones, a former first round draft pick in the NBA, a guy that unfortunately went off the rails in what like 2023, posting stuff on social media, clearly not in the right mindset, eventually being waived and cut, having to leave the NBA.

But he's played well in the EuroLeague lately.

You know, this past season, he attempted 60 shots and he made 58 of them.

No, I'm not joking about that.

Obviously, no, he's not like generating a shot for himself and dicing people up at the three-point line.

Obviously, they're all coming out the rim, but that's pretty damn good.

97% from the field is pretty impressive no matter where you're playing, let alone in a fairly high-talented and, you know, high-level league like the EuroLeague.

And now like I said, playing in the FIBA World Cup qualifiers, playing for his home country of the Bahamas, showing out against Uruguay the other day, having a very good game for himself, coming off the bench and putting up 10 points in 25 minutes, grabbing 5 rebounds, dishing out an assist and blocking a shot to go with it, And throughout the entire World Cup qualifiers, you know, which have dated back to last summer, they do it kind of weird.

He's put up roughly 12 points per game, six and a half rebounds per game, two assists per game, and over two blocked shots per game.

So could he or should he be an option for their team? At this point, he does have one year left of two-way contract eligibility.

On top of that, he could obviously be a training camp invite.

Right now, the Lakers have 16 players under contract on their 15-man roster, in addition to three two-way contracts, making a total of 19.

And you can have 20 training camp players on your training camp roster.

So right now, they could offer one more deal, one more Exhibit 10 contract, to show up to their training camp and throw out their preseason run.

And then for a backup center, yes, they have Kessler, they have Mamou Kalashvili, and then they have Kevon Looney.

But maybe not a direct, full-time, reliable backup.

Could there be an answer maybe with a FIBA World Cup standout? A guy that's been in the NBA? A guy that's, you know, back to what he maybe once was and is still only 25 years old? There's been some recent uproar, some recent talk about Kai Jones, a former first round draft pick in the NBA, a guy that unfortunately went off the rails in what like 2023, posting stuff on social media, clearly not in the right mindset, eventually being waived and cut, having to leave the NBA.

But he's played well in the EuroLeague lately.

You know, this past season, he attempted 60 shots and he made 58 of them.

No, I'm not joking about that.

Obviously, no, he's not like generating a shot for himself and dicing people up at the three-point line.

Obviously, they're all coming out the rim, but that's pretty damn good.

97% from the field is pretty impressive no matter where you're playing, let alone in a fairly high-talented and, you know, high-level league like the EuroLeague.

And now like I said, playing in the FIBA World Cup qualifiers, playing for his home country of the Bahamas, showing out against Uruguay the other day, having a very good game for himself, coming off the bench and putting up 10 points in 25 minutes, grabbing 5 rebounds, dishing out an assist and blocking a shot to go with it, And throughout the entire World Cup qualifiers, you know, which have dated back to last summer, they do it kind of weird.

He's put up roughly 12 points per game, six and a half rebounds per game, two assists per game, and over two blocked shots per game.

So could he or should he be an option for their team? At this point, he does have one year left of two-way contract eligibility.

On top of that, he could obviously be a training camp invite.

Right now, the Lakers have 16 players under contract on their 15-man roster, in addition to three two-way contracts, making a total of 19.

And you can have 20 training camp players on your training camp roster.

So right now, they could offer one more deal, one more Exhibit 10 contract, to show up to their training camp and throw out their preseason run.