The Los Angeles Lakers signed ahead/heart Christian Wooden, it was introduced at present by Vice President of Basketball Operations and Normal Supervisor Rob Pelinka.
Wooden (6’10”, 223) most lately appeared in 67 video games (17 begins) with the Dallas Mavericks through the 2022-23 season, averaging 16.6 factors, 7.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 blocks in 25.9 minutes per sport, whereas capturing 51.5 p.c from the sphere and 37.6 p.c from 3-point vary. Final season, the California native notched 12 double-doubles and scored in double figures in 54 video games, together with 25 contests scoring 20 or extra factors. Wooden blocked at the very least one shot in 42 video games final season, together with 17 video games with a number of rejections and two video games during which he swatted a season-best 5 pictures.
Per the LA Occasions, it’s “a two-year cope with a participant choice for the second yr. Wooden will make the veteran’s minimal, which for him is $2.7 million this season. When it comes to expertise versus value, it’s an absolute cut price. The 6-foot-10, soon-to-be 28-year-old Wooden is considered one of solely a handful of gamers within the NBA together with his dimension and expertise. Final season, solely six gamers 6-10 or taller made at the very least 37% of their three-points pictures whereas taking greater than 250 makes an attempt. Wooden was considered one of them — together with Lauri Markkanen, Brook Lopez, Kristaps Porzingis, Bobby Portis and Michael Porter Jr.”
Throughout seven NBA seasons with Dallas, Houston (2020-22), Detroit (2019-20), New Orleans (2018-19), Milwaukee (2018-19), Charlotte (2016-17) and Philadelphia (2015-16), the 27-year-old has appeared in 289 profession video games (139 begins), posting averages of 14.8 factors, 7.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 24.2 minutes per contest, whereas capturing 51.8 p.c from the sphere and 37.9 p.c from past the arc.
Wooden performed two collegiate seasons (2013-15) at UNLV, showing in 63 complete video games (34 begins) and averaging 10.4 factors, 6.8 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 23.3 minutes per sport.
