TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors have signed guard AJ Lawson to a two-way contract, the NBA staff introduced Wednesday.
The six-foot-six, 185-pound guard from Toronto averaged 24.0 factors, 6.6 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 35.1 minutes in 11 video games (all begins) this season with the Lengthy Island Nets , the G League affiliate of the Brooklyn Nets.
Lawson has profession averages of three.4 factors, 1.2 rebounds and seven.4 minutes in 57 profession NBA video games with the Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves over the previous two seasons.
Throughout that span, he additionally averaged 21.1 factors, 6.6 rebounds and 34.1 minutes in seven video games with the Texas Legends through the 2023-24 G League season and 20.0 factors, 7.4 rebounds and 31.9 minutes in 22 video games with the Legends, Iowa Wolves and Faculty Park Skyhawks through the 2022-23 marketing campaign.
Lawson performed three collegiate seasons (2018-21) at South Carolina, the place he posted averages of 14.2 factors, 4.0 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 30.2 minutes in 81 profession video games.
The signing comes because the Raptors take care of accidents to star Scottie Barnes and level guard Immanuel Quickley.
The Raptors return to motion Thursday in opposition to the Warmth in Miami.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Dec. 11, 2024.
Dallas Mavericks guard AJ Lawson (9) calls a play throughout an NBA preseason basketball sport in opposition to the Memphis Grizzlies in Dallas, Monday, October 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Gareth Patterson
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