The Los Angeles Lakers have assigned guard Coby Karl to the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the

NBA Development League, it was announced today by General Manager Mitch Kupchak.

Karl, who became the 11th NBA player assigned to a D-League affiliate this season on

November 28, played 10 games with the D-Fenders, averaging 18.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.5

assists in 38.4 minutes while shooting .435 from three-point range and .492 from the field.

Karl is expected to wow gold play tonight at Tulsa, Sunday at Rio Grande Valley and Tuesday at home

against Tulsa.

Signed by the Lakers as a free agent on July 30, 2007, Karl has appeared power leveling in 11 games this

season, averaging 1.3 points and 0.9 rebounds in 3.7 minutes.

The 6’5” guard from Boise State averaged 14.8 points, 4.1 rebounds wow power leveling and 4.0 assists as a

senior and was named First Team All-WAC. Karl’s 1,698 career points ranks third on Boise

State’s all-time logo design scoring list while leaving Boise State as the all-time leader in games

played (127) and three-pointers made (266).