{"id":402622,"date":"2025-11-25T02:23:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T02:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/402622\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T02:23:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T02:23:15","slug":"lakers-sign-ex-gonzaga-star-drew-timme-to-two-way-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/402622\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers sign ex-Gonzaga star Drew Timme to two-way deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764037395_323_mcmenamin_dave.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/>\n<p>Dave McMenaminNov 24, 2025, 08:07 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN.\n<\/li>\n<li>Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2876e98b-b9bc-2920-4319-46e6943f8be4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/lal\/los-angeles-lakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> signed 6-foot-10 big man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4431695\/drew-timme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drew Timme<\/a> to a two-way contract, his agents Deddrick Faison and Rich Gray told ESPN&#8217;s Shams Charania on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Timme had averaged 25.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists this season for L.A.&#8217;s G League affiliate, the South Bay Lakers, and has been a standout during practices &#8212; including when <a data-player-guid=\"1f6592b3-ff53-d321-8dc5-6038d48c1786\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/1966\/lebron-james\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LeBron James<\/a> was on a rehabilitation assignment with South Bay, sources told ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Timme signed with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"926db769-d35e-e282-9d7e-a05001d774ab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/bkn\/brooklyn-nets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a> in March after playing for the G League&#8217;s Stockton Kings. He averaged 12.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists in nine games to close out the season with Brooklyn, making two starts.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old was a college standout as a two-time West Coast Conference Player of the Year and Gonzaga&#8217;s all-time leading scorer with 2,307 points in four seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Timme went undrafted in 2023 and got his start as a professional playing for the G League&#8217;s Wisconsin Herd in 2023-24 after signing an Exhibit 10 deal with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"f59bbabc-eedb-9ad2-c5dd-9bcd9f450a2f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/mil\/milwaukee-bucks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> to join their training camp.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers waived center <a data-player-guid=\"9308d3be-0fd7-394b-8ada-85f4348e8aaa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4431778\/christian-koloko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian Koloko<\/a> to create the two-way vacancy for Timme, sources told ESPN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dave McMenaminNov 24, 2025, 08:07 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. 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