{"id":507570,"date":"2026-07-27T19:45:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=507570"},"modified":"2026-07-27T19:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T17:39:58","slug":"aj-lawson-signs-with-baskonia-on-a-two-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/aj-lawson-signs-with-baskonia-on-a-two-year-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"AJ Lawson signs with Baskonia on a two-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\">\n<div class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:33f3d5d4-2cd8-4f06-aa9f-3d1270e4bd95-0\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\">\n<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:33f3d5d4-2cd8-4f06-aa9f-3d1270e4bd95-0\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:33f3d5d4-2cd8-4f06-aa9f-3d1270e4bd95-0\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"c5a11509-c289-476a-84db-8580891618b2\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"192\" data-end=\"358\">Canadian guard\/forward <strong data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"231\">A. J. Lawson<\/strong>, who also holds a Jamaican passport, is the newest player of <strong data-start=\"293\" data-end=\"312\">Kosner Baskonia<\/strong>, signing a contract for the next two seasons.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"360\" data-end=\"504\">The 26-year-old, 2.00-meter wing arrives in Vitoria-Gasteiz following valuable NBA experience, where he has played <strong data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"503\">107 regular-season games<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"506\" data-end=\"937\">Lawson developed his game at the <strong data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"571\">University of South Carolina<\/strong> with the <strong data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"609\">South Carolina Gamecocks<\/strong> before making the jump to the <strong data-start=\"640\" data-end=\"656\">NBA G League<\/strong> in the 2020\u201321 season with the <strong data-start=\"688\" data-end=\"713\">College Park Skyhawks<\/strong>. He made his NBA debut with the <strong data-start=\"746\" data-end=\"772\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/strong> during the 2021\u201322 campaign and later spent time with the <strong data-start=\"831\" data-end=\"851\">Dallas Mavericks<\/strong>. Over the last two seasons, he has been part of the <strong data-start=\"904\" data-end=\"923\">Toronto Raptors<\/strong> organization.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"1103\">During the most recent season, combining his NBA and G League appearances, Lawson averaged <strong data-start=\"1030\" data-end=\"1102\">13.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and a 12.4 efficiency rating<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1105\" data-end=\"1209\">With Lawson&#8217;s arrival, Baskonia adds a dynamic, energetic scorer to its roster for the next two seasons.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1232\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"1211\" data-end=\"1232\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Welcome, Anthony!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1\" data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none -mt-px h-px translate-y-(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom)\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian player, who also holds a Jamaican passport, arrives in Vitoria-Gasteiz after appearing in 107 NBA games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":507569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[305,199],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[185],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-507570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acb","category-euroleague","typology-official"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/AJ_LAWSON_WEB_cbff2ccebd.webp","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507570"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=507570"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=507570"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=507570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}