The Lakers are betting on Shaquille O’Neal and Scottie Pippen’s children

The night of the design of the 2022 NBA left this thursday paolo banchero as number one way of the Orlando Magicbut Los Angeles Lakers played in one of the anecdotes of the day betting on the sons of two league legends as Shaquille O’Neal Yes Scottie Pipes.

The portal the athletic assured this Thursday that the Lakers have recorded Scotty Pippen Jr. (his name is Scotty as opposed to his father’s Scottie) on a two way contract so he will split his time between the Los Angeles franchise and the development league G League.

The Athletic also announced that: Shareef O’Neal plays with purple and gold in the NBA Summer League, which takes place in Las Vegas and it’s the height of the preseason.

Both players submitted to the draft but were not selected by either team in the two rounds, so the Lakers took their services as free agents.

Pippen Jr., who in his college career played in Vanderbiltand O’Neal, who was part of LSU, will try to get a foothold in a Lakers that aims to turn things around completely after last year’s failure in which they were dropped from the playoffs with a squad in which stars resembled LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook or Carmelo Anthony.

In addition to Pippen Jr. and O’Neal, the Lakers closed draft night with the addition of MaxChristie (Michigan State), who chose them at position 35; and from cole swider (Syracuse), which has not been drafted and will also sign a two-way agreement.

Source: El heraldo

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