Center Deandre Ayton runs back on defense after the Lakers scored against Trail Blazers during a game earlier this season. Ayton will not play tonight against the Clippers because of a bruised right knee. (Amanda Loman / Associated Press)Broderick TurnerTue, November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM UTC·1 min readThe Lakers made two announcements Tuesday, saying that center Deandre Ayton was out for the game against the Clippers at Cyrpto.com Arena because of a bruised right knee and that they had signed forward Drew Timme to a two-way contract.
The team also announced that it had waived two-way center Christian Koloko.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementTimme had played for the Lakers’ G League team, the South Bay Lakers, and posted averages of 25.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in 25.5 minutes during six games.
The 6-10 Timme played his college basketball at Gonzaga.
“I talked to [Lakers president of basketball operations] Rob [Pelinka] and everyone yesterday, last night and they told me,” Timme said after the Lakers’ shoot-around Tuesday. “I was just super excited. It’s super cool.”
Jaxson Hayes will start at center in place of Ayton in the NBA Cup game.
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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
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