The Los Angeles Lakers have signed guard Shaquille Harrison and quarterback Tristan Thompson.
In a related move, the Lakers demanded waivers from forward Davon Reed.
Harrison (6’4″, 195) most recently played for the Portland Trail Blazers after signing a 10-day contract with the team on March 30. In five games with the Trail Blazers, he averaged 8.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 2.2 steals per game. 24.0 min. in 180 career games (23 starts) across six NBA seasons with the Trail Blazers (2022-23), Nets (2021-22), Nuggets (2020-21), Jazz (2020-21), Bulls ( 2018-20) and Suns (2017-18), Harrison averaged 5.3 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.0 steals in 15.4 minutes per game. The 29-year-old has made nine playoff appearances over his career with Nuggets (2020-21), averaging 1.0 points per 4.5 minutes 2021-22 NBA G League Defensive Player of the Year appeared in 32 regular season games (all starts) for the South Bay Lakers this season, averaging 13.6 points and 6.2 rebounds and 8.3 assists and 2.1 steals in 32.5 minutes per game and was the only player in the NBA this season to be in the top five in both assists and steals per game.
Thompson (6’9″, 254) has appeared in 730 career games (478 starts) across 11 seasons with the Bulls (2021-22), Pacers (2021-22), Kings (2021-22), Celtics (2020-21) and Cavaliers (2011-20), averaging 9.0 points (.519 FG%), 8.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 26.8 minutes The 2016 NBA Champion has played in 88 playoff games (70 games) with the Bulls (2021-22) Celtics (2020-21) and Cavaliers (2014-18), averaging 7.4 points and 8.2 rebounds while shooting 56.4 percent from the field.Thompson most recently appeared in 57 games (six starts) for Chicago, Indiana, and Sacramento during the 2021-22 season, where he He posted 6.0 points and 5.1 rebounds in 15.7 minutes per game.Thompson recorded 185 double-doubles during his career and shot more than 50 percent from the field in his eight previous seasons.
Reid has appeared in eight games with the Lakers this season, averaging 1.0 points in 3.4 minutes per game. Los Angeles acquired the 27-year-old on February 9.