{"id":2041478,"date":"2026-07-13T21:21:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2041478"},"modified":"2026-07-13T21:21:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:21:27","slug":"lakers-agree-to-deal-with-ziaire-williams-reuniting-him-with-bronny-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2041478","title":{"rendered":"Lakers agree to deal with Ziaire Williams, reuniting him with Bronny James"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Article_ContentContainer__jBNW3 article-content-container bodytext1\">\n<p>LAS VEGAS \u2014 One day into free agency, the Los Angeles Lakers uncorked a series of rapid-fire moves. A trade for Walker Kessler. Deals with Quentin Grimes, Sandro Mamukelashvili and Collin Sexton quickly followed. Then, they traded Deandre Ayton for Jaden Hardy and second-round picks, and added Kevon Looney.<\/p>\n<p>It was a complete overhaul of the roster \u2014 but the work wasn\u2019t done.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container\">\n<div class=\"ad-wrapper article-treatment\">\n<div class=\"ad-slug-container\">\n<p class=\"ad-slug\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mid1\" data-position=\"mid1\" class=\"ad place-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Monday, the Lakers continued to try to address a glaring need \u2014 wing athleticism \u2014 and agreed to a deal with Ziaire Williams, according to league sources who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the deal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"top-league-content-root\"><\/div>\n<p>    {&#8220;endpoint&#8221;:&#8221;https:\/\/api-prd-nyt.theathletic.com\/graphql&#8221;}<\/p>\n<p>Williams, a teammate of Lakers guard Bronny James at Sierra Canyon High School, averaged 10.2 points while making a career-best 34.3 percent from 3 on 4.5 attempts per game. He turns 25 years old this September.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets declined Williams\u2019 6.25 million option earlier this summer, making him a free agent.<\/p>\n<h2>Lakers take a chance on a young wing<\/h2>\n<p>Ziaire Williams is 25 years old and had a $10.3 million BORD$ valuation after having his best season in Brooklyn a year ago. He\u2019s already filled a similar low-usage forward role on a good team when he was with the Grizzlies, and has a knack for off-ball cuts for alleyoops and dunks. Getting him on a minimum deal is tremendous value, something that can\u2019t exactly be said for the Lakers\u2019 other signings this July, and he fits this roster much better than Jonathan Kuminga. Overall, this might be my favorite move of the Laker offseason. <em>\u2014 John Hollinger<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS \u2014 One day into free agency, the Los Angeles Lakers uncorked a series of rapid-fire moves. A trade for Walker Kessler. Deals with Quentin Grimes, Sandro Mamukelashvili and Collin Sexton quickly followed. Then, they traded Deandre Ayton for Jaden Hardy and second-round picks, and added Kevon Looney. It was a complete overhaul of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,241],"class_list":["post-2041478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nytimes-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2041478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2041478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2041478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2041478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}