The Lakers also confirmed that Suder was waived to make room for Kaluma, as previously reported. July 20: The Lakers are signing Summer League standout Arthur Kaluma to a two-way contract, agents Todd Ramasar and Mike Simonetta tell Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). Kaluma spent the 2025/26 campaign with the Lakers’ G League affiliate after signing an Exhibit 10 deal last year. In 40 NBAGL games (24.4 MPG), Kaluma averaged 13.8 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 1.5 APG and 0.8 SPG on .552/.378/.838 shooting. The Lakers will have to waive one of their current two-way players — Chris Manon, AK Okereke or Peter Suder — to officially sign Kaluma.