It’s not the best way to enter the NBA, but we imagine that Armel Traoré will have no trouble being satisfied with it. Candidate for the 2024 Draft, the winger from Blois seemed to be starting from afar by never having been announced in the first 60 choices of the various American Mock Drafts. But the 21-year-old believed in his luck and was rewarded with the offer of a two-way contract from the Los Angeles Lakers. This is the journalist from The Athletic Shams Charania, always well informed, who revealed this late Thursday evening.
The Lakers are signing French forward Armel Traore on a two-way NBA contract, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 27, 2024
Six new French players in the NBA
After increasing the number of work-outs in recent weeks, Traoré has managed to convince an NBA franchise to give him a chance, and not the least! He joins the legendary Californian team, titled 17 times. The contract he has just signed will allow him to navigate between the NBA and the G-League next season, even if he will have a lot to do to convince and succeed in establishing himself permanently at the highest American level. In the meantime, he should have a first opportunity to show himself with the Summer Leagues which will begin in July.
More generally, this signing concludes in the best possible way this 2024 edition of the NBA Draft, which saw a total of six French players join the league in two days. Further proof of the quality of the French pool and so many prospects that we are already looking forward to seeing playing in the United States next season.
2024-06-28 06:38:07
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