Las Vegas Summer League Semifinals: Lakers 112 Cavaliers 109 To reach the Summer League championship game, the Lakers had to survive a double-overtime thriller against Cleveland, and they had to do it without starting point guard Alex Caruso, who remained at the team hotel due to an illness. Two-way-contract guard Malik Newman stepped into the […]
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 […]
CEDAR PARK, TX (March 24, 2018) – The South Bay Lakers fell to the Austin Spurs, 140-128 (box score), in the final game of the regular season on Saturday night. Gary Payton II put together his finest performance as a Laker with 30 points, seven rebounds, nine assists, two steals and two blocks, but South […]
SOUTHAVEN, MS (March 23, 2018) – The South Bay Lakers lost their third consecutive game as they fell to the Memphis Hustle, 141-118 (box score), on Friday night. Ivica Zubac led the Lakers (28-21) with 24 points, while Scott Machado picked up his 15th double-double of the season, but Memphis shot 60.0 percent from the […]
EL SEGUNDO (March 23, 2018) – The Los Angeles Lakers have assigned rookie center Thomas Bryant and second-year center Ivica Zubac to the South Bay Lakers, it was announced today. In 35 games with South Bay this season, Bryant has averaged 19.6 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in 30.7 minutes per game. Bryant has grabbed […]
GREENSBORO, NC (March 20, 2018) – The South Bay Lakers dropped a close one to the Greensboro Swarm as they fell, 110-108 (box score), on Tuesday night. Thomas Bryant scored 27 points and Gary Payton II added 24 of his own, but the Lakers (28-20) missed a third of their free throws in the loss. […]