Official announcement! The Lakers signed a 12+11 tower, 213cm tall, can shoot, and it is crazy to sign 5 centers in a row

On August 26, news came from the NBA Lakers that the team reached a signing contract with 28-year-old center Keller Kelly. According to shams, the Lakers offered Kelly a training camp contract, and he will join the team quickly, complete summer training with the team, and prepare for the preseason. Subsequently, the Lakers officially announced the news and tweeted to welcome Kelly to join, and also posted photos of Kelly signing with the team general manager Pelinka.

Many people don't understand, but in fact, Kelly has something to do. Kelly is 28 years old and 213cm tall. He is a center with a full size. He plays more flexible and has the ability to shoot mid-range. Kelly is the representative of older rookies. He was the undrafted in 2020 and has been in the G League. He finally got a two-way contract with the Mavericks last season and then had a chance to play with the Pelicans. In the Mavericks' game, he had 12 points and 11 rebounds in a single game, and he had a good ability to seize opportunities.

In the 11 regular season games in the NBA last season, Kelly averaged 3.1 points and 3.5 rebounds per game, and there were not many opportunities to play, but the data was actually pretty good. In the G League, he was selected into the best defensive team and had a very strong ability to block shots. In fact, when he was in Oregon, he was famous for blocking shots, and averaged 3.5 blocks per game, and was a representative figure who could fly even white people. Unfortunately, he had a broken calf before the draft, and he was older, so he lost the election. Now that the Lakers sign him, they are not interested in his potential, but in combat power. The person who scored 12+11 in his first start in his career is still worth a chance. After signing Kelly, the Lakers roster came to 21 people. The composition of these 21 people is 14 people in the formal contract, 2 people in the two-way contract, and 5 people in the training camp contract. The 14 official contract players are James, Doncic, Rivers, Hachimura, Vincent, Vanderbilt, Cleber, Ayton, Laravia, Smart, Kneckett, Brownie, Hayes, and Thiero. The players in both direction contracts are Mannon and Kolok. The five training camp contract players are RJ Davis, Dickson, Kaluma, Marciurionis, and Kelly who signed today.

Official announcement! The Lakers signed a 12+11 tower, 213cm tall, and can shoot. It's crazy to sign 5 centers in a row! We can also see from the lineup list that this summer can be said to be a "bad" center, with five consecutive signings at the fifth position, namely Ayton, Hays, Koroke, Kaluma and Kelly. Among them, Ayton and Hayes will be the main force, and Koroke and Kaluma compete for a third center. As for Kelly, his current goal is to "turn to regular" to see if he can impress the Lakers management with his preseason performance, thereby turning the training camp contract into a two-way contract or even a formal contract. Currently, there is still 1 official contract quota for the Lakers and 1 two-way contract quota. Judging from Kelly's game style, he actually has the hope of "breaking through" among the five players, and even squeeze out the positions of "slim bamboo pole" Korok and the short insider Kaluma (206cm) from Uganda.