No. 36 overall pick Adou Thiero is still waiting to make his debut while spending time rehabbing a knee injury. It sounds like the Los Angeles Lakers don’t plan on throwing big minutes his way anytime soon, either.
“And I told him this, and I’ve said this to you guys: this year is really important for him as a development year, but it’s as much about getting his body right and learning the NBA, the language, and all of that stuff as it is about getting on-court reps. There will be opportunities at some point in the future. I don’t know when that is for him to get some reps with us in-game, but we’re gonna make sure that his body’s right,” head coach JJ Redick said via Khobi Price of the Southern California News Group.
Chris Mañon, an undrafted rookie out of Vanderbilt now playing on a two-way contract, has logged just seven minutes across two games.