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Who 's that ?
Wikipedia
Christian Junior Koloko (born 20 June 2000) is a Cameroonian professional basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles Lakers ???
basketball -reference

2022-23 22 TOR NBA C 58 games
2023-24 23 Did Not Play (illness—blood clot

 

What do you think Kareem …. another vegetarian? He’s pretty husky.

 

The end of the Castleton experiment? Blood clot? I'd like to hear more on that subject.

I wonder what AD thinks...that side eye could become a good meme.

https://heavy.com/sports/nba/los-angeles-lakers/anthony-davis-preference/

 

We need size so that’s a plus but the blood clot situation was serious and we have awful luck with health / injury issues.

 

probably get cut after the preseason

 

Well if Castleton can’t outplay/outperform him in camp they can always give the new guy HIS 2-way contract to help while our regular season is going. If there’s any help to be had there. What’s this guy weigh?

 

He missed 16 months with blood clot.
Koloko did not play in NBA because Raptors described his status having breathing problems ..
It looks like he's following Bosh career he's definitely not Embid jr.

 

Uggghh!

 

So, are you happy them with not upgrading a team from last year that just wasn’t good enough?
I’m not.
I wasn’t asking for huge swings- just for our FO to do their job and improve around the margins.
I think not bringing in a serviceable big is going to really cost us- especially now that Wood is out for awhile. Hayes is barely playable, so we have ONE credible big on the team. That’s inexcusable. Better hope and pray that Castleton somehow turns into a real option at the beginning of the season.
This is by far the thinnest squad we’ve had since LeBron joined.
I understand that Rob “tried,” but he failed.

 

Because our CHEAP FO didn’t want to pay him the extra year he got- according to Trevor Lane.

 

I’ve always been against the narrative that the mid range game is a waste of shots in today’s NBA.
All of the non-big, dominant scorers throughout NBA history had a solid mid range game. Some of the best bigs, such as Olajuwon and Malone did as well.

 

When he was drafted and healthy probably around 230 Lb
Maybe he wasn't playing last season because he was part of Siakam trade and not because of blood clots.

 

Oooh he's Klutch ,I am not surprised that he sign with Lakers

 

Nice, this Koloko signing doesn’t put a dent into how massively underwhelming this off-season has been. But given the lack of options and being this late into the summer, it’s probably as good of a move on the margin as we could have hoped for.

Assuming he’s healthy and in shape, his profile definitely seems like he’s more ready to contribute right away than our current two-way players AND has more upside.

I thought Castleton had an underwhelming summer league, but I’d still rather keep him on one of the two-way contracts and cut Hinson to free up Koloko’s two-way spot. We need as much big man depth as we can get, and there isn’t any room in the rotation for a one-dimensional shooter.

I’d imagine the hope is that even as a two-way player, Koloko impresses enough to be a real part of the rotation. And then eventually mid-way through the season you make a trade that clears enough salary and a roster spot so you can convert him from a two-way player to a standard roster contract