{"id":899892,"date":"2026-09-18T02:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T02:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/899892\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T02:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T02:10:11","slug":"nba-contract-update-lakers-sign-6-foot-8-g-league-in-luka-doncics-leadership-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/899892\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA contract update: Lakers sign 6-foot-8 G-League in Luka Doncic\u2019s leadership | NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/lakers-add-anton-watson-on-exhibit-10-deal.jpg\" alt=\"NBA contract update: Lakers sign 6-foot-8 G-League in Luka Doncic\u2019s leadership\" title=\"Lakers add Anton Watson on Exhibit 10 deal. Image via: David Gonzales-Imagn Images\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Lakers add Anton Watson on Exhibit 10 deal. Image via: David Gonzales-Imagn Images Anton Watson gets another shot at sticking in the league with a team built around Luka Doncic. The Lakers announced Thursday that they&#8217;ve added the 6-foot-8 forward on an Exhibit 10 deal, a low-risk move that hands him a runway into training camp.It&#8217;s the kind of signing that barely makes a ripple on its own, but for a roster still shuffling pieces before opening night, every training camp body matters. Watson now gets to make his case in front of a coaching staff building around Doncic&#8217;s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Lakers sign Anton Watson to Exhibit 10 contract<\/p>\n<p>The move became official when Los Angeles confirmed it through a press release Thursday, bringing Anton Watson aboard on an Exhibit 10 contract. It&#8217;s a standard tool for teams at this point in the calendar, minimal financial commitment, but a real invitation to compete. For Watson, it means a spot in camp and a shot at landing one of the team&#8217;s two-way slots once the roster gets trimmed down.The 25-year-old forward isn&#8217;t walking in as an unknown. He spent last season carrying real weight for the South Bay Lakers, the franchise&#8217;s G League affiliate, and the front office clearly noticed. Across 50 games there in 2025-26, he averaged 11.0 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.4 steals in just over 27 minutes a night. Those aren&#8217;t gaudy numbers, but they&#8217;re steady, well-rounded production from a guy who&#8217;s been fighting for a foothold since he left college.<\/p>\n<p>Watson&#8217;s road through Boston and New York leads back to LA<\/p>\n<p>The Gonzaga product went 54th overall in the 2024 NBA Draft, landing with the Boston Celtics, and spent that rookie season bouncing between Boston&#8217;s system and, later, the New York Knicks after a trade sent him across conferences. Most of that year was logged in the G League with both organizations&#8217; affiliates, though he did get a small taste of NBA minutes, appearing in nine games for the Knicks for a combined 22 minutes.Before any of that, Watson built his name at Gonzaga, where he closed out his college career as a First-team All-WCC selection. That two-way toughness, the kind that shows up more in rebounding numbers and hustle plays than in scoring totals, is part of what&#8217;s kept him in NBA circles despite not yet carving out a steady rotation role.Now, the Lakers can bring as many as 21 players into training camp, but that number has to shrink to a 15-man roster plus three two-way spots before the regular season tips off. Watson will be fighting for one of the smaller number of openings, competing against a crowded camp roster for a chance to finally get consistent NBA minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lakers add Anton Watson on Exhibit 10 deal. 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