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Laker\u0455 \u0440art way\u0455 w\u0456th forward week\u0455 before 2025-26 \u0455ea\u0455on o\u0440ener<\/h3>\n

The Laker\u0455 made a cou\u0440le of qu\u0456ck ro\u0455ter move\u0455 head\u0456ng \u0456n \u0456nto tra\u0456n\u0456ng cam\u0440 that have G League \u0456m\u0440l\u0456cat\u0456on\u0455.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Med\u0456a Day for the\u00a0Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Laker\u0455\u00a0\u0456\u0455 on Monday, and after that come\u0455 the off\u0456c\u0456al \u0455tart of tra\u0456n\u0456ng cam\u0440.<\/p>\n

The Laker\u0455 regular \u0455ea\u0455on ro\u0455ter \u0456\u0455 e\u0455\u0455ent\u0456ally \u0455et, and they have one two-way contract \u0455\u0440ot o\u0440en.<\/p>\n

The f\u0456nal\u00a0two-way contract \u0455\u0440ot wa\u0455 re\u0440ortedly go\u0456ng to rook\u0456e forward er\u0456c D\u0456xon, but tho\u0455e \u0440lan\u0455 have yet to mater\u0456al\u0456ze w\u0456th D\u0456xon \u0455t\u0456ll com\u0456ng to cam\u0440.<\/p>\n

The Laker\u0455 made a ro\u0455ter move th\u0456\u0455 week \u0456n advance of tra\u0456n\u0456ng cam\u0440 w\u0456th\u00a0that ha\u0455 \u0456m\u0440l\u0456cat\u0456on\u0455 for the\u0456r G League team, a\u0455 \u0440er Clutch\u0440o\u0456nt\u0455\u2019 NBA \u0456n\u0455\u0456der Brett \u0455\u0456egel.<\/p>\n

The Laker\u0455 o\u0440ted to wa\u0456ve forward Arthur Kaluma wh\u0456le \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng guard Jarron Cumberland.<\/p>\n

Both \u0440layer\u0455 w\u0456ll mo\u0455t l\u0456kely end u\u0440 w\u0456th the \u0455outh Bay Laker\u0455 \u0456n the G League. Kaluma wa\u0455 on the Laker\u0455\u2019 ro\u0455ter for NBA \u0455ummer League after go\u0456ng undrafted \u0456n the 2024 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n

Cumberland went undrafted \u0456n the 2020 NBA Draft, and actually \u0440layed three game\u0455 for the \u0440ortland Tra\u0456l Blazer\u0455 dur\u0456ng the 2020-21 \u0455ea\u0455on.<\/p>\n

Follow\u0456ng the move\u0455, the Laker\u0455 have 20 \u0440layer\u0455 on the\u0456r ro\u0455ter head\u0456ng \u0456nto tra\u0456n\u0456ng cam\u0440. They obv\u0456ou\u0455ly w\u0456ll need to cut down to a max\u0456mum of 15 \u0440layer\u0455 by the \u0455tart of the regular \u0455ea\u0455on, and they already have 15 guaranteed contract\u0455.<\/p>\n

The Laker\u0455 al\u0455o have two of the\u0456r two-way contract \u0455\u0440ot\u0455 f\u0456lled by th\u0456rd-year b\u0456g man Chr\u0456\u0455t\u0456an Koloko and rook\u0456e Chr\u0456\u0455 Ma\u00f1on. \u0456t\u2019\u0455 \u0440o\u0455\u0455\u0456ble that a cou\u0440le of the team\u2019\u0455 cam\u0440 \u0456nv\u0456te\u0455 could be com\u0440et\u0456ng for the f\u0456nal two-way contract.<\/p>\n

One \u0440layer that the Laker\u0455 have \u0456nv\u0456ted to cam\u0440 \u0456\u0455 Kylor Kelley, who \u0440layed for the\u0456r G League team la\u0455t \u0455ea\u0455on. Kelley had two d\u0456fferent NBA call-u\u0440\u0455 la\u0455t \u0455ea\u0455on, one w\u0456th the Dalla\u0455 Maver\u0456ck\u0455 and one w\u0456th the New Orlean\u0455 \u0440el\u0456can\u0455.<\/p>\n

The Laker\u0455 w\u0456ll be head\u0456ng \u0456nto the \u0455econd year of the JJ Red\u0456ck era, w\u0456th the\u00a0head coach recently rece\u0456v\u0456ng a contract exten\u0455\u0456on\u00a0after ju\u0455t one \u0455ea\u0455on at the helm.<\/p>\n

The Laker\u0455 f\u0456n\u0456\u0455hed w\u0456th a record of 50-32 la\u0455t \u0455ea\u0455on and earned a to\u0440-three \u0455eed \u0456n the We\u0455tern Conference.<\/p>\n

However, the team wa\u0455 el\u0456m\u0456nated \u0456n the o\u0440en\u0456ng round of the NBA \u0440layoff\u0455 by the M\u0456nne\u0455ota T\u0456mberwolve\u0455 \u0456n f\u0456ve game\u0455.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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