Tickets RSS Print Adjust Font Size: S M L

Lakers Sign Jamal Sampson

Aug 18 2003 11:56PM

Sampson
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 24 -- The Los Angeles Lakers have signed forward/center Jamal Sampson, it was announced today. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released.

Sampson, a second-round draft choice by the Utah Jazz (47th overall) in the 2002 NBA draft, played last season for the Milwaukee Bucks.

An early-entry candidate for the draft, Sampson (6-11, 251 pounds) played one year at the University of California where he was named to the Pac-10 All Freshman Team. In 32 games at California, he averaged 6.4 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.7 blocks