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EL SEGUNDO (20 October 2018) – The South Bay Lakers have finalized the team’s training camp roster and schedule, following the conclusion of the 2018 NBA G League Draft on Saturday. The 14-man roster includes two-way players Alex Caruso and Johnathan Williams to go along with the additions of Joel Berry II and Jeffrey Carroll as affiliate […]

EL SEGUNDO – The South Bay Lakers have acquired the returning player rights to Taylor Braun from the Salt Lake City Stars in exchange for the returning player rights to Stephaun Branch, it was announced today by General Manager Nick Mazzella. In 45 games (34 starts) with Salt Lake City last season, Braun posted averages […]

EL SEGUNDO – The South Bay Lakers will play a preseason game against the Northern Arizona Suns on Saturday, October 27 at 12:00 PM at the UCLA Health Training Center, the team announced today. South Bay won last year’s preseason matchup between the two teams, 120-116, and then went on to win the regular season […]

The NBA G League announced experimental rules changes for the 2018-19 season. This season, the NBA G League will reset the shot clock to 14 seconds in advance situations and introduce the “transition take foul.” 14-Second Reset on Advance: The shot clock will reset to 14 seconds or will remain the same, whichever is lower, […]

EL SEGUNDO – The South Bay Lakers have acquired the returning player rights to James Blackmon Jr. from the Wisconsin Herd in exchange for the returning player rights to V.J. Beachem, it was announced today by General Manager Nick Mazzella. In 47 games (20 starts) with Delaware and Wisconsin last season, Blackmon Jr. posted averaged […]

The South Bay Lakers’ 2018-19 schedule is set, beginning at home in early November. Opening night at the UCLA Health Training Center will be held on Nov. 3 against the Stockton Kings, whom they beat in last year’s Western Conference Semifinals. Two days later, they will be among the first to visit the Kings’ new […]

EL SEGUNDO – The South Bay Lakers’ complete 2018-19 regular season schedule was announced today. South Bay, beginning their 12th season in the NBA G League, will open the season at home against the newly rebranded Stockton Kings on Saturday, November 3. The Lakers’ schedule features 24 home contests, 13 of which take place on […]

A journey that began with an invite to Lakers training camp two years ago will continue for Travis Wear, who has inked a two-way contract with the Los Angeles and South Bay Lakers. After a pair of strong G League seasons with South Bay, the Huntington Beach native was called up to the NBA Lakers […]

EL SEGUNDO – The Los Angeles Lakers have signed forward Travis Wear to a two-way contract, it was announced today by General Manager Rob Pelinka. Wear played in 17 games for the Lakers in 2017-18, averaging 4.4 points and 2.2 rebounds in 13.4 minutes per game. Signed mid-season from the South Bay Lakers, Wear notched […]

Las Vegas Summer League Finals: Blazers 91 Lakers 73 It was a rough way to end a successful fortnight in Vegas, as the Lakers entered Tuesday’s championship game with a 6-0 record but left after a wire-to-wire loss. Alex Caruso — who missed the previous game due to illness — put his grit on display, […]

Malik Newman has never had much issue filling the bucket, and now he’s looking to bring that scoring punch to the Lakers organization. The combo guard was one of this year’s most sought-after undrafted free agents until he agreed to a two-way contract with the Los Angeles and South Bay Lakers. Newman was a flamethrower […]

Alex Caruso is set to join the Lakers for summer league after donning the red, white and blue during USA Basketball’s FIBA World Cup qualifying games this week. Caruso and the Americans struggled on Thursday, shockingly falling to Mexico, 78-70. The two-way Laker contributed three steals, but uncharacteristically had only three points against seven turnovers. […]

EL SEGUNDO – The Los Angeles Lakers have signed guard Malik Newman to a two-way contract, it was announced today by General Manager Rob Pelinka. Newman appeared in 39 games (33 starts) for Kansas last season, averaging 14.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.1 steals in 31.6 minutes. The 2018 Big 12 Newcomer of […]

EL SEGUNDO – Los Angeles Lakers guard Alex Caruso was chosen for the official 12-member USA team that will participate in the upcoming FIBA World Cup Qualifying third-window games against Mexico City on June 28 in Mexico City and Cuba on July 1 in Havana. Caruso appeared in 37 games with the Los Angeles Lakers […]

EL SEGUNDO – South Bay Lakers guard Alex Caruso was among one of 14 players chosen to participate in the USA World Cup Qualifying Team training camp June 20-26, USA Basketball announced today. The training will be used to select the 12-man team for the USA’s World Cup Qualifying third-window games including Mexico on June […]

EL SEGUNDO – Los Angeles Lakers rookie center Thomas Bryant has been named to the All-NBA G League First Team while two-way guard Alex Caruso has been named to the All-NBA G League Second Team, the league announced today. Bryant was also named to the NBA G League All-Rookie Team. Bryant appeared in 37 games […]

CEDAR PARK, TX – The South Bay Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs as they fell to the Austin Spurs, 104-93, on Thursday night. Gary Payton II led the Lakers with 28 points, 11 rebounds, two steals and six blocks. Derrick White finished with 35 points to lead the Spurs. Austin took a slight 27-24 […]

Championship aspirations were dashed in Austin on Thursday, as the South Bay Lakers’ season came to an end in the Western Conference Finals. South Bay had rallied from an unsightly end of the regular season to blow out their first two playoff opponents, Oklahoma City and Reno, both on the road. But it ended up […]

The NBA G League announced the results of the Rookie of the Year voting and Los Angeles Lakers center Thomas Bryant finished second in the voting. In 37 games (35 starts) while on assignment with the South Bay Lakers, Bryant averaged 19.7 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.5 blocks while shooting 59.5 percent from […]

The NBA G League announced the results of the Defensive Player of the Year voting and South Bay Lakers Alex Caruso and Demarcus Holland finished second and third in the voting, respectively. Two-way guard Alex Caruso, finished the regular season averaging 2.0 steals/game, including a season high seven twice, against Austin on 11/18/17 and against […]