Veteran Forward Taurean Prince to Sign With Lakers, per Report

The 29-year-old spent the last few seasons with the Timberwolves.

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Veteran forward Taurean Prince is finalizing a contract with the Lakers as NBA free agency opens, according to The Athletic‘s Shams Charania.

The two sides have agreed to a one-year deal worth $4.5 million, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Prince, a former first-round pick out of Baylor, has played for the Timberwolves since 2021. He previously spent time with the Cavaliers, Nets and Hawks.

The 29-year-old made 54 appearances for Minnesota in 2022–23, starting four games. In 22.1 minutes per game, he averaged 9.1 points and 2.4 rebounds per contest, and maintained a sizable role in the postseason, starting in one of the team’s two play-in tournament games and one playoff game against the eventual NBA champion Nuggets.

Published Jun 30, 2023 | Modified Jun 30, 2023

DAN LYONS

Dan Lyons is a staff writer and editor at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI for his second stint in November 2024 after a season as senior college football writer at Athlon Sports and previous three-year run at SI as a writer and editor for the Breaking and Trending News team. When he’s not watching a game, you can find Dan at an indie concert venue or movie theater. Dan has a bachelor’s degree in writing and rhetoric from Syracuse.

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