{"id":25391,"date":"2025-07-27T06:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T06:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/25391\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T06:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T06:41:08","slug":"los-angeles-lakers-officially-sign-basketball-legends-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/25391\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers Officially Sign Basketball Legend&#8217;s Son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_hdqqf3l2x\">Augustas Mar\u010diulionis played all four seasons of his college career for St. Marry&#8217;s. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_erawz5uxa\">He finished last year with <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_ksj615\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cbb\/players\/augustas-marciulionis-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">averages<\/a> of 14.2 points, 3.1 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 1.3 steals per contest while shooting 44.6% from the field and 34.7% from the three-point range in 35 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_gbdk2dcgf\">On Saturday, the Los Angeles Lakers officially announced that they had signed the 23-year-old (and three others). <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ieusfripn\"><a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_ksj615\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Lakers\/status\/1949205913770119227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Via The Los Angeles Lakers:<\/a> &#8220;The Lakers have signed guard RJ Davis, forward Eric Dixon, forward Arthur Kaluma and guard Augustas Mar\u010diulionis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Lakers have signed guard RJ Davis, forward Eric Dixon, forward Arthur Kaluma and guard Augustas Mar\u010diulionis. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ARuBTZ7hgE\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ARuBTZ7hgE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lakers\/status\/1949205913770119227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_r3inokl5w\">Mar\u010diulionis went unselected in the 2025 NBA Draft last month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_tz5v0shlq\"><a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_ksj615\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Trevor_Lane\/status\/1949207764624113968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Trevor Lane of Lakers Nation<\/a> reported more details about the signings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ra4b5p1p9\">Via Lane: &#8220;I\u2019m told these are exhibit 10 deals. Exhibit 10s have the ability to be converted to two way contracts. Brings these players into camp with the Lakers to let them compete. E10s also provide a bonus if, after being waived, the player signs with South Bay and stays for at least 60 days&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m told these are exhibit 10 deals. Exhibit 10s have the ability to be converted to two way contracts. Brings these players into camp with the Lakers to let them compete. E10s also provide a bonus if, after being waived, the player signs with South Bay and stays for at least 60\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/btuafJTkbq\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/btuafJTkbq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trevor Lane (@Trevor_Lane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Trevor_Lane\/status\/1949207764624113968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_wq57cuq3g\">Augustas is also the son of a Basketball Hall of Famer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_n2tv3i0sd\"><a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_ksj615\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DraftExpress\/status\/1938440578099749078\" rel=\"nofollow\">Via Jonathan Givony (on June 26): <\/a>&#8220;The two-time WCC player of the year missed the pre-draft process with a foot injury but will be healthy in late July. Son of hall of famer \u0160ar\u016bnas Mar\u010diulionis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEWS: Saint Mary&#8217;s PG Augustas Mar\u010diulionis will agree to an Exhibit 10 deal with the LA Lakers, a source told ESPN. <\/p>\n<p>The two-time WCC player of the year missed the pre-draft process with a foot injury but will be healthy in late July. Son of hall of famer \u0160ar\u016bnas Mar\u010diulionis. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mrk0FrIeW0\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Mrk0FrIeW0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DraftExpress\/status\/1938440578099749078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_66nw768hz\">In the past, the Lakers have done an excellent job of developing undrafted players such as Austin Reaves and Alex Caruso. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_tq6ga222t\"><a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_ksj615\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ballislife\/status\/1933532308759572813\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Via Ballislife.com<\/a> (on June 13): &#8220;HBD Sarunas Marciulionis! The Lithuanian legend was a master of the euro step &amp; getting by defenders with his behind the back move.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HBD Sarunas Marciulionis!<\/p>\n<p>The Lithuanian legend was a master of the euro step &amp; getting by defenders with his behind the back move.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h2n43traB8\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/h2n43traB8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ballislife\/status\/1933532308759572813?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 13, 2025<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Augustas Mar\u010diulionis played all four seasons of his college career for St. Marry&#8217;s. He finished last year with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-25391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}