{"id":3281,"date":"2024-09-23T05:10:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T05:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=3281"},"modified":"2024-09-23T05:10:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T05:10:13","slug":"christian-koloko-updates-fans-on-his-health-status-after-signing-with-the-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=3281","title":{"rendered":"Christian Koloko Updates Fans on His Health Status After Signing with the Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0big man Christian Koloko, whose NBA career had been temporarily derailed by a blood clot issue, shared an optimistic message on his health after signing a two-way deal with Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NBA&#039;s Christian Koloko Ready For Fresh Start W\/ Lakers After Health Scare\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/etruh811HCw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI feel amazing,\u201d Koloko said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy doctors gave me the green light but now we\u2019re just waiting on the NBA. We\u2019re pretty optimistic. Hopefully, everything goes well.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Lakers bolstered their frontcourt depth for the 2024-25 season by adding Koloko to the roster. Los Angeles needed more help behind players like Anthony Davis, Rui Hachimura, Jarred Vanderbilt and\u00a0Jaxson Hayes after Christian Wood\u00a0underwent surgery on his knee that will keep him out of the lineup early in the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Wood was an important player for the Lakers\u2019 depth last season, as he played in 50 games and averaged 6.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game while shooting 46.6 percent from the field and 30.7 percent from 3-point range.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s possible that Koloko will get a shot to play some minutes for the Lakers in the 2024-25 season if he plays well in training camp and in the preseason (assuming he gets the green light medically from the league).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m just gonna come in ready,\u201d Koloko said, \u201cBe ready to do whatever it takes to have the team win and that\u2019s the goal \u2014 win!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A second-round pick in the 2022 NBA Draft by the\u00a0Toronto Raptors, Koloko played in 58 games as a rookie, making 19 starts. He averaged 3.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 0.5 assists and 1.0 block in 13.8 minutes per game while shooting 48.0 percent from the field.<\/p>\n<p>Health issues kept Koloko out of the entire 2023-24 season, but it appears he\u2019s ready to continue his career this season. At just 24 years old, Koloko is a solid player for the Lakers to take a shot on to see if he can be a long-term fit with the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>After making the playoffs last season and losing in the first round, the Lakers are looking to bounce back in the 2024-25 campaign. They didn\u2019t make any massive changes to their roster \u2013 their biggest addition was arguably drafting Dalton Knecht in the first round \u2013 but they still have a solid core headlined by LeBron James and Davis that could make a deep playoff run.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll be interesting to see if Koloko can crack new head coach J.J. Redick\u2019s rotation at times in the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0big man Christian Koloko, whose NBA career had been temporarily derailed by a blood clot issue, shared an optimistic message on his health after signing&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Christian Koloko Updates Fans on His Health Status After Signing with the Lakers - Sport News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=3281\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christian Koloko Updates Fans on His Health Status After Signing with the Lakers - 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