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Lakers Sign Taurean Prince
The Los Angeles Lakers signed forward Taurean Prince, it was announced by Vice President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Rob Pelinka.
Prince joins the Lakers after playing the last two seasons (2021-23) for Minnesota. Last year, Prince appeared in 54 games (four starts) and averaged 9.1 points (.467 FG%, .381 3P%), 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 22.1 minutes. Over seven NBA seasons playing for Minnesota, Cleveland (2020-21), Brooklyn (2019-21) and Atlanta (2016-19), Prince has played in 424 games (222 starts) and averaged 10.4 points (.421 FG%, .372 3P%), 3.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 23.9 minutes. Prince has also appeared in the NBA Playoffs for Minnesota (2021-23) and Atlanta (2016-17), averaging 8.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 16 games (seven starts).
Prince was selected No. 12 overall in the first round of the 2016 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz after a four-year collegiate career (2012-16) at Baylor University. Prince earned All-Big 12 First Team honors following his senior season after averaging 15.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.3 steals in 30.6 minutes.