The Lakers’ decision to sign Alex Len and waive Christian Wood isn’t just a routine roster move—it’s a statementabout Wood’s standing in the NBA. While most of the attention is on how ...

But the plan, for now, is to see how Finney-Smith looks with the group, get their injured frontcourt players back (Jaxson Hayes, Jarred Vanderbilt and Christian Wood) and continue to assess the ...

The Christian Wood experiment in Los Angeles has officially ended, with the Lakers waiving the veteran big man to make room for 7-footer Alex Len. ESPN’s Shams Charania first reported the move ...

Wood has not played a single minute for L.A. this season as he was recovering from knee surgery. The 29-year-old was in his second year in L.A. after he signed with the team in Sept. 2023. He was ...

It is contingency time for the Los Angeles Lakers after their trade for big man Mark Williams was rescinded because of a failed physical, and one option could be waiving a player on the current ...

Dalton Knecht and Cam Reddish returned to L.A. and their only center options now are Jaxson Hayes, the injured Christian Wood and two-way bigs Christian Koloko and Trey Jemison III. Clearly ...

To make room for Len on their 15-man roster, the Lakers waived big man Christian Wood, who hasn’t played this season while recovering from an offseason left knee surgery. Wood, 29, signed with ...

To make room on the roster for Len, the Lakers will waive big man Christian Wood, per ESPN. Len, who had played with the Sacramento Kings since 2021, was traded to the Washington Wizards as part ...

In a corresponding move, the Lakers waived forward/center Christian Wood. Los Angeles attempted to acquire a center at the Feb. 6 trade deadline, but later rescinded a trade for the Charlotte ...

The Lakers signed Alex Len on Tuesday, adding depth to their big man rotation after Jaxson Hayes was the team’s lone center. Len most recently played for the Sacramento Kings, who traded him to ...

The Los Angeles Lakers are signing free-agent center Alex Len, the team announced Tuesday. The 7-foot, 250-pound big provides the Lakers with much-needed size and physicality after the nixed Mark ...