After taking Michigan State University guard Max Christie with the 35th pick in Thursday’s NBA draft, the Los Angeles Lakers turned their attention to the undrafted rookie free agent market.
One of the undrafted rookies they signed was Scotty Pippen Jr., a guard out of Vanderbilt University.
He is the son of Scottie Pippen, who is an NBA Hall of Famer and was one of the league’s best and most versatile players in the 1990s.
The elder Pippen teamed up with Michael Jordan to help the Chicago Bulls win six championships in eight years. He then moved on to the Portland Trail Blazers in 1999 and became a thorn in the Lakers’ side.
Lakers are signing Scotty Pippen Jr. to a two-way contract, source tells @TheAthletic
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The younger Pippen isn’t quite the same type of athletic specimen his father was, but he has some qualities that give him some potential moving forward.