The Lakers’ commerce for middle Mark Williams has been “rescinded” due to a “failure to fulfill a situation of the commerce,” the Lakers introduced Saturday evening.
The Lakers had struck a deal to ship Dalton Knecht, Cam Reddish and the Lakers’ 2031 first-round decide to Charlotte for Williams, however the gamers will now return to their unique groups as a result of the commerce deadline has handed.
The commerce leaves the Lakers with Jaxson Hayes because the lone middle on its roster and robs the workforce of the longer term 7-foot accomplice it hoped to pair with the newly acquired Luka Doncic.
Not one of the folks concerned within the deal had debuted for his or her new groups.
It’s believed Williams underwent his formal bodily with the Lakers on Friday, in accordance with folks aware of the plan not unauthorized to talk publicly. Lakers basic supervisor Rob Pelinka stated the workforce was not involved about his previous accidents, however stated the Lakers would do “a deep dive” on Williams throughout his bodily.
“So we totally vetted his well being stuff,” Pelinka stated Thursday. “… He’s had no surgical procedures. So these are simply elements of, he’s nonetheless rising into his physique. We vetted the accidents he’s had and we’re not involved about these. We could have an opportunity to have a bodily and proceed to do a deep dive and make it possible for what we’ve talked about and seen within the EMRs we’re assured. So we’ll nonetheless have that step within the technique of doing a full bodily earlier than the commerce turns into official.”
Williams had a locker contained in the Lakers locker room on Saturday but it surely was empty. He was listed as “questionable” because of the commerce pending.
Williams has missed vital time with ankle, again and knee points since being drafted by the Hornets in 2022, enjoying simply 85 video games in two-plus seasons. Rumors about his shaky medical data made their method across the NBA after the Lakers struck the shock deal, getting a younger huge to pair with Doncic that wasn’t considered accessible on the commerce market.
He had missed simply 5 video games since debuting Dec. 3.
Hayes has began the final 5 video games for the Lakers and is averaging 8.0 factors and 6.6 rebounds.