{"id":428319,"date":"2026-10-15T07:20:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T07:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/428319\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T07:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T07:20:32","slug":"lakers-sign-former-miami-heat-standout-to-a-new-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/428319\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers sign former Miami Heat standout to a new deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Lakers have signed guard Jahmir Young. In a corresponding move, the team has waived forward Cole Swider.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Lakers have made another key roster move with less than a week left before the start of the new NBA season.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers announced Wednesday that they have signed Jahmir Young to an Exhibit 10 deal.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, the Lakers waived Cole Swider to accommodate Young&#8217;s arrival.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a\/status\/2110536040058601645\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">  Jahmir Young joins LA Lakers <\/p>\n<p>Jahmir Young will join the Los Angeles Lakers on a prove-it deal, as the team will enter its preseason finale on Friday against the Denver Nuggets.<\/p>\n<p>Young spent the past NBA season with the Miami Heat. While he was limited in the Heat with just 14 appearances, he was an absolute standout in the team&#8217;s G League affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>Playing for Sioux Falls Skyforce, Young averaged 25.9 points and 8.5 assists per game, earning All-NBA G League Second Team honors.<\/p>\n<p>Young began his NBA career in 2024 as an undrafted player from Maryland, where he played his first season with the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/plus?utm_source=basketnews_com&amp;utm_medium=bn_plus&amp;utm_id=UA-259273-31&amp;utm_campaign=banners_free_content_for_not_members_bottom_3\" class=\"banners_paid_content_info_block_white banners-paid-content-info-block-white\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-plus-img img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792048832_53_bn-plus.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                            Support BasketNews so we could make even better content.<\/p>\n<p>                                                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                If you like our content, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=basketnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> and add us as your preferred source. It helps us a lot, and we are committed to delivering you the very latest basketball news.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Lakers have signed guard Jahmir Young. In a corresponding move, the team has waived forward&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-428319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}