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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 […]

RENO, NV – The South Bay Lakers beat the Reno Bighorns, 126-109, on Tuesday night to advance to the NBA G League Western Conference Finals. Gary Payton II and Travis Wear each tallied a double-double to lead the Lakers to their second consecutive victory. JaKarr Sampson led the Bighorns with 25 points, but it wasn’t […]

EL SEGUNDO (April 1, 2018) – The Los Angeles Lakers have recalled Travis Wear from the South Bay Lakers, it was announced today. Wear tallied 21 points (8-16 FG, 5-10 3PM), three rebounds, three assists and two steals to help South Bay defeat the Oklahoma City Blue, 125-105, on Saturday to advance to the NBA G […]

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (March 31, 2018) – The South Bay Lakers won their first game of the NBA G League Playoffs as they beat the Oklahoma City Blue, 125-105, on Saturday. Scott Machado put his mark on the game with 27 points, eight rebounds and 13 assists to advance the Lakers (1-0) to the second […]

South Bay had a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Oklahoma City ready for star two-way guard Alex Caruso. But after he played heavy minutes in the NBA Lakers’ overtime game on Friday, those plans were nixed. Thankfully for South Bay, Scott Machado made sure his team wouldn’t miss anything at the point guard position. […]

EL SEGUNDO (March 30, 2018) – The Los Angeles Lakers have assigned Travis Wear to the South Bay Lakers, it was announced today. Wear signed with the Los Angeles Lakers for the rest of the season on March 23 and has appeared in 13 games for the purple and gold this season. In 13.3 minutes per […]