{"id":800172,"date":"2026-07-14T00:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T00:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800172\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T00:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T00:06:09","slug":"report-os-angeles-lakers-to-add-ziaire-williams-on-one-year-3m-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800172\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: os Angeles Lakers to add Ziaire Williams on one-year, $3M deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to sign Ziaire Williams to a one-year, $3 million contract, sources told ESPN&#8217;s Shams Charania on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Williams, 24, will join an overhauled frontcourt that lost forwards LeBron James and Rui Hachimura in free agency. The 6-foot-9 forward, who averaged 10.2 points and 2.4 rebounds in 56 games for the Brooklyn Nets last season, will give Lakers coach JJ Redick added length and versatility off the bench.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">After a busy offseason that included the re-signing of Austin Reaves and the additions of Walker Kessler, Sandro Mamukelashvili, Collin Sexton, Quentin Grimes and Kevon Looney, Williams&#8217; signing gives the Lakers a full 15-man roster. However, the Lakers are still in strong pursuit of Jonathan Kuminga and could clear room to add the free agent forward via a sign-and-trade deal with the Hawks or by waiving a player on their roster, among other avenues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Williams was previously a high school teammate of James&#8217; son and current Lakers guard Bronny James at Sierra Canyon in California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A 2021 lottery pick, Williams spent three seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies before joining the Nets in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to sign Ziaire Williams to a one-year, $3 million contract, sources told&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,114816,459,82,281818],"class_list":["post-800172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-los-angeles-lakers-sports-basketball-team-team-statscom-13","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-ziaire-williams-sports-basketball-player-player-statscom-1231313"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800172","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=800172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}