The Toronto Raptors not too long ago signed guard AJ Lawson to a two-way contract.
Lawson, 6-foot-6, 185 kilos, averaged 24.0 factors, 6.6 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 35.1 minutes in 11 video games (all begins) this season with the Lengthy Island Nets, the NBA G League affiliate of the Brooklyn Nets. He shot .440 (85-193) from the sector and .829 (34-41) from the free throw line. Lawson scored 20+ factors eight occasions and 30+ factors twice, together with a career-high 37 factors on Nov. 22 at Raptors 905.
A local of Toronto, Ontario, Lawson holds profession averages of three.4 factors, 1.2 rebounds and seven.4 minutes in 57 profession video games with the Dallas Mavericks and the Minnesota Timberwolves during the last two seasons. Throughout this span, he additionally averaged 21.1 factors, 6.6 rebounds and 34.1 minutes in seven video games with the Texas Legends within the 2023-24 NBA G League season and 20.0 factors, 7.4 rebounds and 31.9 minutes in 22 video games with the Legends, Iowa Wolves and the School Park Skyhawks within the 2022-23 marketing campaign.
Previous to the NBA, Lawson performed three collegiate seasons (2018-21) at South Carolina the place he posted averages of 14.2 factors, 4.0 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 30.2 minutes in 81 profession video games. In 21 video games as a junior, he averaged 16.6 factors, 4.1 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 31.4 minutes and earned Second Crew All-SEC honours.
