{"id":205764,"date":"2026-07-20T22:19:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T02:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=205764"},"modified":"2026-07-20T22:21:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T02:21:52","slug":"lakers-arthur-kaluma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2026\/07\/20\/lakers-arthur-kaluma\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers Reward Summer League Standout With Two-Way Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After spending a year with their G League affiliate and turning heads at this year\u2019s NBA Summer League, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kalumar01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arthur Kaluma<\/a> has officially joined the Los Angeles Lakers on a two-way contract, according to <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2079380857119273451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The 6\u20197\u201d wing brings elite 3-and-D potential and reunites with his former coach, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2026\/07\/17\/lakers-zach-guthrie\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zach Guthrie<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who LA promoted days ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Lakers Reward Summer League Standout With Two-Way Contract<\/h2>\n<h3>About Arthur Kaluma<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In seven games this summer\u2014between San Francisco and Las Vegas\u2014Kaluma <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/basketball.realgm.com\/player\/Arthur-Kaluma\/Summary\/134305\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">averaged<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 17.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists while shooting 55.1% from the field, 38.9% from deep and 79.2% from the free-throw line. After some solid showings in the California Classic, he broke out in Sin City with a <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LALPerformance\/status\/2076158148772082065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">34-point masterclass<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, shooting 11-of-16 from the field and 6-of-10 from 3-point range.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kaluma was an elite impact college player, elite impact G-League player, and looked that way in Summer League too <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qke6I7p2Oz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Qke6I7p2Oz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cranjis McBasketball (@Tim_NBA) <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Tim_NBA\/status\/2079386948334968866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re actually not missing these days. <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re COOKING and idc what the haters say <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8yXZHI4WyO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/8yXZHI4WyO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\udfc6LakersGuru\ud83c\udfc6 (@GuruLakers) <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GuruLakers\/status\/2079381043539525749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In LA\u2019s semifinal loss to the Golden State Warriors, Kaluma bowed out off the bench with 12 points (5-10 FG, 1-4 3PT), four rebounds, an assist and a steal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: 800px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOBrPTlduVK\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 2322px; aspect-ratio: 2322\/1721;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/lakers-summer-league-standout-making-163539275.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kaluma<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> first burst onto LA\u2019s radar as an undrafted free agent in 2025. Despite earning a camp invite with the Lakers, the team waived him before the start of the regular season. The former Texas forward spent the rest of his time in the G League, developing with the then South Bay Lakers. In 35 regular-season contests, he <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/stats.gleague.nba.com\/player\/1641751\/?Season=2025-26&amp;SeasonType=Regular%20Season\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">averaged<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 14.6 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists on .548\/.367\/.845 splits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 24-year-old enhances the team\u2019s frontcourt as another young, promising two-way wing\u2014growing next to other high-flying talents in <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thierad01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adou Thiero<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/willizi02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ziaire Williams<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Boasting a <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nbadraft.net\/players\/arthur-kaluma\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">max vertical of 34.5 inches<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he balances his athletic gifts with proven efficiency and defensive effort. Although opportunities with the main team will likely be few and far between, Kaluma has the chance to develop into a solid rotational contributor, fitting LA\u2019s new timeline to a tee with skills that are sorely needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a9 Nicole Hester \/ The Tennessean \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After spending a year with their G League affiliate and turning heads at this year\u2019s NBA Summer League, Arthur Kaluma has officially joined the Los Angeles Lakers on a two-way contract, according to ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania. The 6\u20197\u201d wing brings elite 3-and-D potential and reunites with his former coach, Zach Guthrie, who LA promoted days [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4265,"featured_media":205771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,26,62,3],"tags":[50155,1224,4392],"class_list":["post-205764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-lakers","category-nba","category-news","tag-adou-thiero","tag-nba-summer-league","tag-ziaire-williams"],"modified_by":"Jordan Pagkalinawan, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205764"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205773,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205764\/revisions\/205773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}