Lakers sharpshooter Matt Ryan will survive Saturday’s cuts and is on track to be part of the team’s opening night roster next week, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Ryan is one of a handful of players on non-guaranteed training camp contracts confirmed to be making their teams’ respective rosters. Celtics forward Justin Jackson will survive the cut in Boston, according to Adam Himmelsbach of the Boston Globe, while Knicks guard Ryan Arcidiacono will do the same in New York, per Ian Begley of SNY.tv.
Ryan perhaps solidified his spot on the Lakers’ regular-season roster with his performance in last Sunday’s preseason game, when he hit six three-pointers and poured in 20 points. He’s one of three L.A. players on non-guaranteed contracts who is seemingly on track to make the regular-season roster, along with Austin Reaves and Wenyen Gabriel.
It’s a similar situation in Boston, where Jackson appears poised to join Noah Vonleh and Luke Kornet as Celtics whose deals are mostly or fully non-guaranteed. Jackson seemingly beat out Jake Layman for the 15th spot on the roster.
As for Arcidiacono, this will be the second straight season where he has started on a non-guaranteed contract with New York. The Knicks have 13 players on fully guaranteed deals, so they’ll be able to keep one more player in addition to Arcidiacono, assuming they carry a full 15-man roster. Svi Mykhailiuk looks like the favorite to be that player.
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