The Los Angeles Lakers have pivoted in their bid to add center depth to their roster after the failed Mark Williams trade by signing Alex Len off the buyout market. Due to the Williams trade failing, the Lakers didn’t have an extra roster spot and decided to waive Christian Wood to accommodate Len.
Wood was clearly not anticipating this, as he told Lakers fans on X that he was going to be ready soon exactly 30 minutes before Shams Charania revealed he’d been waived.
Christian Wood didn’t play a single minute for the Lakers this season, being on the injury report all year long. He was in the final year of the two-year minimum contract the Lakers signed him to in the 2023 offseason. It seems like his NBA career is on the cusp of ending, as Wood is unlikely to find a home mid-season after playing no minutes all year.
The 29-year-old doesn’t have the best reputation around the NBA, so it’ll be hard to imagine a team taking a gamble on him to provide valuable center minutes after the last few years of his career. He has a chance at an NBA comeback in the summer, but Wood’s ‘be back soon’ tweet might be prophetic if he struggles to get another shot.
