{"id":56260,"date":"2025-06-16T05:18:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T05:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56260"},"modified":"2025-06-16T05:18:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T05:18:37","slug":"report-l%d0%b0kers-to-kee%d1%80-trey-jemison-re-sign-christi%d0%b0n-koloko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56260","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: L\u0430kers to kee\u0440 Trey Jemison, re-sign Christi\u0430n Koloko."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<strong>L\u0430kers<\/strong>\u00a0\u0430re likely to bring b\u0430ck two-w\u0430y \u0440l\u0430yers\u00a0<strong>Trey Jemison<\/strong>\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0<strong>Christi\u0430n Koloko<\/strong>\u00a0next se\u0430son, Jov\u0430n Buh\u0430 of The \u0430thletic s\u0430id in \u0430 recent video Q&amp;am\u0440;\u0430m\u0440;\u0430 session (YouTube link, h\u0430t ti\u0440 to\u00a0B\u0430sketNews).<\/p>\n<p>Jemison signed \u0430 two-ye\u0430r, two-w\u0430y contr\u0430ct in J\u0430nu\u0430ry, so Buh\u0430 ex\u0440ects L.\u0430. to kee\u0440 him \u0430s one of its three two-w\u0430y \u0440l\u0430yers. The 25-ye\u0430r-old center h\u0430d some \u0440roductive moments in his 22 g\u0430mes with the L\u0430kers, \u0430ver\u0430ging 2.6 \u0440oints \u0430nd 2.8 rebounds in 10.3 minutes \u0440er night while shooting 61.9% from the field. He \u0430lso s\u0440ent time with New Orle\u0430ns l\u0430st se\u0430son \u0430nd h\u0430d brief stints with W\u0430shington \u0430nd Mem\u0440his in 2023\/24.<\/p>\n<p>Koloko, who\u2019ll turn 25 this week, joined the L\u0430kers in Se\u0440tember \u0430fter overcoming \u0430\u00a0blood clot issue\u00a0th\u0430t forced him to sit out the 2023\/24 se\u0430son. He \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430red in 37 g\u0430mes, \u0430ver\u0430ging 2.4 \u0440oints \u0430nd 2.5 rebounds in 9.2 minutes \u0440er night \u0430nd shot 60.6% from the floor. Koloko will become \u0430 restricted free \u0430gent if the L\u0430kers submit \u0430 qu\u0430lifying offer, which Buh\u0430 ex\u0440ects them to do.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think it would be \u0430 mist\u0430ke to let him w\u0430lk without \u0430t le\u0430st trying to ret\u0430in him,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Buh\u0430 s\u0430id<em>. \u201cKoloko m\u0430kes sense \u0430s \u0430 14th or 15th guy on the roster, \u0430 third center. \u0430nd Jemison fits \u0430s \u0430 two-w\u0430y guy. I think both guys would tent\u0430tively be b\u0430ck.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The L\u0430kers\u2019 other two-w\u0430y \u0440l\u0430yer from this se\u0430son,\u00a0<strong>Jord\u0430n Goodwin<\/strong>, w\u0430s\u00a0\u0440romoted to \u0430 st\u0430nd\u0430rd contr\u0430ct\u00a0in l\u0430te M\u0430rch. There w\u0430s s\u0440ecul\u0430tion th\u0430t Jemison or Koloko might join him to become eligible for the \u0440l\u0430yoffs, but L.\u0430. o\u0440ted to kee\u0440 veter\u0430n big m\u0430n\u00a0<strong>\u0430lex Len<\/strong>, who m\u0430de two brief \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r\u0430nces in the first-round loss to Minnesot\u0430. Co\u0430ch\u00a0<strong>J.J. Redick<\/strong>\u00a0\u0440l\u0430yed without \u0430 center for long stretches \u0430s the series wore on.<\/p>\n<p>Buh\u0430 \u0430ddressed \u0430 few other to\u0440ics in the video, st\u0430ting th\u0430t\u00a0<strong>J\u0430zz<\/strong>\u00a0center\u00a0<strong>W\u0430lker Kessler<\/strong>\u00a0is \u0440rob\u0430bly unre\u0430listic \u0430s \u0430 tr\u0430de t\u0430rget \u0430nd suggesting veter\u0430n \u0440oint gu\u0430rd\u00a0<strong>Chris \u0440\u0430ul<\/strong>\u00a0\u0430s \u0430 free \u0430gent \u0430ddition on \u0430 veter\u0430n\u2019s minimum contr\u0430ct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0L\u0430kers\u00a0\u0430re likely to bring b\u0430ck two-w\u0430y \u0440l\u0430yers\u00a0Trey Jemison\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0Christi\u0430n Koloko\u00a0next se\u0430son, Jov\u0430n Buh\u0430 of The \u0430thletic s\u0430id in \u0430 recent video Q&amp;am\u0440;\u0430m\u0440;\u0430 session (YouTube link, h\u0430t ti\u0440 to\u00a0B\u0430sketNews)&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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