Lakers bring in G Meeks; re-sign Ebanks

Aug 13, 2012 - 9:11 PM El Segundo, CA (Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Lakers announced Monday that they have signed free-agent guard Jodie Meeks and re-signed forward Devin Ebanks.

Terms on both deals were not disclosed.

Meeks, 24, played in all 66 games, with 50 starts, last season for the Philadelphia 76ers, averaging 8.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game.

Meeks was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round of the 2009 draft out of the University of Kentucky. He played three seasons with the Wildcats and led the SEC in scoring with 23.7 ppg and was a unanimous All-SEC First Team selection during his junior year.

Ebanks, a third-year player out of West Virginia, was taken by the Lakers in the second round of the 2010 draft. The 6-foot-9 forward appeared in 24 games, 12 starts, for Los Angeles last season, averaging 4.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.5 assists per contest.