The Los Angeles Lakers announced the signing of Vanderbilt wing Chris Manon to a two-way contract. Manon was a defensive ace throughout his collegiate career, averaging two steals per game in four college seasons, the first three at Cornell University before transferring to Vanderbilt as a senior.
The Los Angeles Lakers are rounding out their roster as they are set to sign Christian Koloko and Chris Manon to two-way contracts. While Koloko is more a known commodity having appeared in 37 games for the Lakers last season, Manon is a bit more unknown.
Chris Manon played four seasons of college basketball for Cornell and Vanderbilt. He is coming off a year where he averaged 6.6 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.0 blocks per contest while shooting 53.3% from the field in 33 games (26 starts) for the Commodores.
With NBA Summer League over, teams are beginning to fill out gaps on their rosters. The LA Lakers have moved to sign one of the Golden State Warriors‘ standout players in Summer League.
The Los Angeles Lakers are beginning to round out their roster with NBA developmental pieces. According to Shams Charania of ESPN, Los Angeles has filled two of its three two-way contract slots by signing center Christian Koloko and rookie wing Chris Manon.
The all-time list of NBA All-Stars is obviously long, and notably distinguished. However, there are some players — for various reasons — who the casual, or even most-dedicated, NBA fans can't recall having earned All-Star nods.
The NBA Summer League is a time for young players to shine, and a select few ultimately earn opportunities at the next level from it. The Golden State Warriors had a good run in Las Vegas this summer, finishing with a 3-2 record, capped off by an 82-71 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday.
The Los Angeles Lakers have historically been able to unearth gems either in the second round of the NBA Draft or in the undrafted free agent pool. Names like Alex Caruso and Austin Reaves come to mind as former undrafted players that have gone to have successful NBA careers.
This week’s NBA Draft came and went without any Vanderbilt players hearing their name called. However, one former Commodore will be taking part in the NBA 2K26 Summer League.
Chris Manon amassed 23 points and 11 rebounds and Jason Edwards added 17 points -- 15 after halftime -- as Vanderbilt came from behind to beat No. 14 Missouri 97-93 on Saturday in a key Southeastern Conference clash in Nashville.
A game-tying three in regulation extended the Missouri-Vanderbilt game on Saturday to overtime. The Commodores were then able to hold off the Tigers in OT for their third straight win against a ranked opponent.
An Ivy League school released its schedule over the weekend, and Robert Morris was included. The Colonials will travel out to Ithaca, New York to take on Cornell this upcoming season.
We are only three days into this year’s transfer portal window, but there are already more than 590 players available in the division one transfer portal.