THE Los Angeles Lakers‘Trade to acquire the center Mark Williams of Charlotte Hornets was canceled, the team announced on Saturday evening.
The agreement has been deleted “due to non-compliance with a trade condition,” said Lakers in a brief declaration. The Lakers did not provide more details on their reason to remove the agreement, but several problems appeared on the physique of Williams with the Lakers, ESPN reported. None of the problems was linked to his back, added ESPN in his report.
Williams did not play more than 85 games during his two and more seasons in the NBA, which is mainly missing due to back injuries.
The Hornets then published a welcoming statement Williams in the fold.
Lakers have agreed to exchange a recruit Dalton Knecht And Reddish cam In addition to project considerations on Wednesday evening to get Williams, a third year center. Los Angeles needed a great man to replace Anthony Daviswhich was exchanged in Dallas with Max Christie for Luka Donic.
Charlotte was also supposed to receive the choice of the first round of the Lakers in 2031 and an exchange of first round choice in 2030.
The cancellation of the trade throws another upheaval element in the Lakers, which won five games in a row and 11 out of 13 despite their tumultuous movements of alignment.
Los Angeles Beat Indiana 124-117 earlier Saturday without LeBron James and Dononic.
Lakers are now without great man proven to play alongside Jaxson Hayeswhich was to move to the bench after the arrival of Williams. Their backup center against the pacers was 6 feet 10 inches Trey JEMISON IIIWho joined the Lakers less than four weeks ago and has played for four teams in the past two seasons.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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