Coby

Karl

Karl, like most training camp invites, will be viewed as a long shot to make the final roster. He averaged 8.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists in summer league. The Blazers have also inked Adam Morrison, Demonte Harper and Dallas Lauderdale for training camp.

They will no longer practice with the team and the moves put the Blazers at 15 rostered players. Karl made the biggest impression in camp, and it’s possible he could be signed to some 10-day contracts later this season. Morrison averaged just three points in five preseason games for Portland, likely signaling the end of his disastrous career.

Karl had been an assistant with Westchester and will now get his shot behind the bench for the D-Fenders.

The Lakers had agreed to a deal with Karl in August and finally made Karl the head coach of the Lose Angeles D-Fenders.

Karl will reportedly join a D-League coaching staff according to Pick and will officially end his NBA career with averages 2.4 points, 1.3 rebounds, and 1.0 assists. He hasn’t played in the league since the 2009-10 season, so it goes without saying that fantasy owners can skip to the next blurb.

The son of coach George Karl and a cancer survivor, Karl didn’t fare well at last year’s draft camp, but is driven to prove he’s more than just the coach’s son and a great story.

Karl, a 6-4 guard from Boise State, will play on the Lakers’ summer league team in Las Vegas. He had surgery to remove cancerous lymph nodes from his throat on April 2, but appears to be fully recovered.

Karl, who was undrafted, averaged 12.2 points and 1.8 rebounds in five games for the Lakers 2007 Summer-Pro League team and his comeback from a bout with cancer is one of the league’s feel-good stories. He averaged 14.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.0 assists as a senior at Boise State last season and was named first team All-WAC. He returned to the court last month, just 2½ months after having cancerous lymph nodes removed. It was his second bout with cancer in a little more than a year. He had his thyroid removed in 2006 and chemotherapy after his junior season at Boise State.

Jordan Farmar pulled off the same feat last season, and Karl had to love the “Coby” chants he heard as the Lakers crushed the Hawks. He even had a monster jam late in the game, but has no fantasy value.