Lakers sign Green, lose injured Caracter (AP)

The Los Angeles Lakers have signed veteran guard Gerald Green and rookie free-agent forward Malcolm Thomas. The Lakers also said Tuesday that forward Derrick Caracter will have surgery on a torn meniscus in his left knee. Caracter was a second-round pick by the Lakers last season, playing sparse minutes as a reserve. He could be out for two months while recovering from surgery...

Stephen Dunn | Getty Images An already thin Lakers frontcourt is now even leaner. During Monday’s afternoon practice, forward Derrick Caracter, went down with what is being reported as a torn meniscus (MCL). Caracter is scheduled to have surgery tomorrow and will be out for an unspecified amount of time. Caracter was used sparingly last season, averaging just 2.0 points and 1.0...

Los Angeles Lakers forward Derrick Caracter has suffered a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee. Caracter, who was injured during Sunday's practice, will undergo surgery Wednesday. There is no timetable for his recovery. Caracter was selected with the 58th pick in the 2010 draft. He averaged 2.0 points and 1.1 rebounds in 41 games as a rookie. Caracter was set to be in line...

The Los Angeles Lakers have signed guard Gerald Green.

The Lakers are already a little thin along the front line after sending out Lamar Odom — although getting Josh McRoberts was a nice pickup — and this is not going to help matters. Second year player Derrick Caracter has torn the meniscus on his left knee and is set to undergo surgery on Wednesday…

EL SEGUNDO The Lakers have signed guard Gerald Green, it was announced today. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released. Green, a four-year NBA veteran originally selected by the Boston Celtics in the first round (18th overall) of the 2005 NBA Draft, has appeared in 181 NBA games (41 starts) for the Celtics, Minnesota Timberwolves, Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks...

The Los Angeles Lakers signed guard Gerald Green Tuesday.

Now that the Lakers have signed Gerald Green it's worth remembering the last time Kobe Bryant and Green were on a team together. I was on that team, too. It wasn't a basketball team. It was a Habitat for Humanity work crew, in New Orleans East, on the NBA's first annual NBA Day of Service, on a rainy day not long after Hurricane Katrina in February 2008. And it ended...

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The Los Angeles Lakers have signed guard Gerald Green and forward Malcolm Thomas.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) - The Los Angeles Lakers have signed veteran guard Gerald Green and rookie free-agent forward Malcolm Thomas.

Lakers forward Derrick Caracter underwent successful surgery today to remove part of a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee, it was announced by the team. The surgery, which took approximately 30 minutes, was performed by Lakers team physicians Dr. Steve Lombardo and Dr. Daniel Kharazzi at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles.  Caracter is [...]

Los Angeles Lakers forward Derrick Caracter underwent successful surgery Wednesday to remove part of a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee.

They sign free-agent power forward Josh McRoberts and continue discussions with Orlando about Dwight Howard and New Orleans about Chris Paul. Second-year forward Derrick Caracter tears cartilage in knee.The Lakers gained a power forward, lost a power forward and tried to stay in the foreground for a familiar pair of All-Stars, continuing the turnstile feeling of their franchise these days.