MONDAY, 3:30pm: The Lakers have officially signed Johnson, the team announced today in a press release.
SUNDAY, 12:09am: The Lakers agreed to a one-year deal with shooting guard Wesley Johnson, tweets Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times. The fourth pick in the 2010 draft signed for the veteran's minimum, which is about $916K for a player with Johnson's experience.
The 6'7" Johnson played for the Suns last season and averaged 8.0 PPG in 19.1 MPG. Johnson was drafted by the Timberwolves and played limited minutes with the Wolves through his first two seasons.
According to our Agency Database, Johnson is represented by Landmark Sports Agency, Inc. Bresnahan mentions, via Twitter, that Johnson's length allows him to play a little small forward as well as his more natural shooting guard position.
lakers arent tanking!!!! they cant be with the team they are putting together on the cheap
but wesley johnson doesn’t really get them any closer to a playoff spot
it a wait and see, he give them youth and he wont need to score alot with kobe and pau doing most of the scoring. plus he most likely will be a 3rd sting SG and young back up at SF
Wesley Johnson isn’t that young. He’s 26 which isn’t really young in the basketball world.
Wesley Johnson is god awful so he doesn’t count as “not tanking” in anyway, especially when at the current moment he’s the starting SF until Kobe comes back.