{"id":45074,"date":"2025-08-04T17:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/45074\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:32:10","slug":"super-excited-la-lakers-signing-admits-he-was-talking-to-warriors-when-redick-and-pelinka-offered-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/45074\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Super excited\u2019 LA Lakers signing admits he was talking to Warriors when Redick and Pelinka offered deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This NBA star wasn\u2019t expecting a call from the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> general manager Rob Pelinka<\/a> is currently receiving major praise for convincing Luka Doncic to sign<\/a> a three-year, $165 million extension with the team.<\/p>\n

While locking down Doncic for the long term was the biggest task for Pelinka, it\u2019s no good if the 5x NBA All-Star doesn\u2019t have a quality supporting cast beside him.<\/p>\n

Speaking of which, there are times when a team can get help from unexpected role players. That\u2019s what the Purple and Gold would hope from Chris Manon.<\/p>\n

\"FormerPhoto by Jeffrey Vest\/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesChris Manon was at the mall talking to the Golden State Warriors when the LA Lakers called<\/p>\n

Despite being undrafted, Manon garnered huge praise<\/a> before the 2025 NBA Summer League<\/a> as the Golden State Warriors gave him a breakthrough.<\/p>\n

Evidently, when Manon ended up joining the Lakers, the Dub Nation was unhappy<\/a> over the announcement. <\/p>\n

Adding insult to injury is the fact that Manon revealed he was talking to the Warriors when head coach JJ Redick<\/a> and GM Pelinka offered the undrafted rookie a two-way deal with the Lakers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was talking with Golden State and one other team as well. I didn\u2019t really expect it at all,\u201d Manon said on Lakers Legacy podcast.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI was at the mall shopping, and I spoke with coach Redick and Rob, and I was super excited obviously.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, it feels like Manon underestimated himself after his Summer League campaign with the Warriors, but the Lakers still showed trust in him.<\/p>\n

Chris Manon makes \u2018disappointed\u2019 admission about LA Lakers workout<\/p>\n

Considering the fact that Manon had a solid Summer League run, one may wonder why the 23-year-old wasn\u2019t expecting a call from the Purple and Gold.<\/p>\n

Well, Manon answered it by revealing he had an underwhelming workout with the franchise.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a little bit disappointed with my performance at the Lakers workout. I thought I could do a little more. But I guess maybe I was wrong,\u201d Manon revealed.<\/p>\n

While Manon has earned a two-way contract with the Lakers, the job\u2019s not finished yet. After all, if he fails to impress the coaching staff during the regular season, he may get waived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This NBA star wasn\u2019t expecting a call from the Los Angeles Lakers. Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,18090,31706,8231,459,31707,82,10627],"class_list":["post-45074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chris-manon","tag-jj-redick","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-rob-pelinka","tag-sports","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}