What twists and turns! Recently cut by the Lakers after a disappointing pre-season, Joël Ayayi has already found a new shoe to suit him. And this time, it’s in the West that it’s happening.
The NBA is not stingy with twists, you know that. But when it comes to French people, she’s been going downright mad in recent weeks. While Sekou Doumbouya landed at the Lakers after passing through Detroit, Brooklyn and Houston in a short period of time, Joël Ayayi was invited by the California franchise to pack his bags.
Yet arrived full of promises and hopes, the Frenchman never really knew how to put himself to his advantage, neither in the Summer League, nor during the pre-season. The Angelinos, via Frank Vogel, had let it be known that they intended to cut him and then better reintegrate him with the South Bay Lakers in the G-League… but this will not be the case!
After the Lakers, Joël Ayayi signs in the East
Shams Charania indeed taught us this Sunday evening that Ayayi will join the Wizards on a two-way contract, the same one that he failed to obtain from the Lakers:
The Washington Wizards have claimed Lakers camp guard Joel Ayayi off waivers, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Ayayi is on a two-way contract.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 17, 2021
The Wizards have recovered former Lakers training camp guard Joel Ayayi after he was cut, sources inform The Athletic. It will be a two-way contract.
With this two-way status, Ayayi will be able, like Doumbouya to the Lakers, to divide his time between the G-League and the main roster, as needed.
A situation certainly not necessarily archi-stable, but always more enticing than the prospect of being a hard-core G-League player in Los Angeles. For those who haven’t seen much of the Frenchie at work, Joël Ayayi, this is it:
The Californian dream will have been short-lived, it is in the capital that Joël Ayayi will try to revive and launch his NBA career on the right track. Good luck to him !
