Los Angeles Lakers sign veteran center Alex Len

The Los Angeles Lakers announced that they have officially signed veteran center Alex Len from the Sacramento Kings and cut Christian Wood from the team.

The 31-year-old Ryan played in the NBA for 12 seasons, played in 689 games, 240 of which were starts. Ryan played for many teams, including the Sacramento Kings, Washington Wizards, Toronto Raptors, Atlanta Hawks and Phoenix Suns.

Ryan joined the Sacramento Kings in 2021 and played 36 games for the team this season, only 3 of which were starts, averaging 1.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game, with an average playing time of 7.2 minutes. In Ryan's career, he scored in double digits 198 times and grabbed double-digit rebounds 105 times in a single game.

However, the 29-year-old Wood who was cut signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in September 2023. In the 2023-24 season, Wood played 50 times for the Los Angeles Lakers, including 1 start, averaging 6.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1 assist per game, with an average playing time of 17.4 minutes.

Due to Wood's left knee injury, he underwent his first knee arthroscopic surgery in March 2024, so he missed the last two months of the season. Despite this, Wood chose to play for the Los Angeles Lakers for another month, but the injury continued to plague Wood, and Wood underwent knee arthroscopic surgery again in September of the same year.

In the end, the Los Angeles Lakers chose to sign Ryan and decided to cut Wood, which also announced the end of Wood's career with the Los Angeles Lakers. Currently, the Los Angeles Lakers are ranked 4th in the NBA Western Conference and have great hopes of advancing to the playoffs. It is expected that Ryan's joining will bring more help to the team.