{"id":960163,"date":"2026-11-11T04:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T04:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/960163\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T04:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T04:34:11","slug":"los-angeles-lakers-sign-center-carson-cooper-to-two-way-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/960163\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers Sign Center Carson Cooper to Two-Way Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"GutenbergParagraph_gutenbergParagraph__T0iap body--base md:body--sm mt-5 utility-font\">The Los Angeles Lakers have signed center Carson Cooper to a two-way contract. In a corresponding move, the team waived two-way center Lawson Lovering.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"GutenbergParagraph_gutenbergParagraph__T0iap body--base md:body--sm mt-5 utility-font\">Cooper (6-11, 245) appeared in one game for the Memphis Grizzlies after signing a two-way contract with the team to open the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"GutenbergParagraph_gutenbergParagraph__T0iap body--base md:body--sm mt-5 utility-font\">The Jackson, Mich., native started all 35 games as a senior at Michigan State in 2025-26, averaging 11.1 points on 58.4% shooting, 7.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.0 blocks in 26.8 minutes while helping lead the Spartans to the NCAA Sweet 16. The 22-year-old appeared in 137 career collegiate games (43 starts), averaging 5.4 points and 4.5 rebounds in 17.2 minutes.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"GutenbergParagraph_gutenbergParagraph__T0iap body--base md:body--sm mt-5 utility-font\">Lovering signed a two-way contract with the Lakers Oct. 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers have signed center Carson Cooper to a two-way contract. In a corresponding move, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":960164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[527935,64,63,590,33759,85,11740],"class_list":["post-960163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-app-media-feed","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-releases","tag-sports","tag-team-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960163","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=960163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/960163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/960164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=960163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=960163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=960163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}