The Los Angeles Lakers will miss the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season, and they are already looking ahead to the future.

The team has announced that they are signing NBA G League standout Jemerrio Jones. The terms of the deal were not disclosed per team policy, but Shams Charania of The Athletic revealed that the young forward signed a two-year deal with a team option for the 2019-20 NBA season.

Jones was selected as the 18th overall pick of the Santa Cruz Warriors last year. He was then traded to the South Bay Lakers in October. In 47 games for South Bay, the 23-year-old forward averaged 9.4 points and 9.6 rebounds per game to go along with 3.5 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.0 block per game.

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According to the official announcement from the Lakers, Jones had 21 games where he posted at least 10 rebounds and 15 games where he tallied a double-double.

The Lakers were viewed as a potential playoff team this season after acquiring LeBron James in the summer of 2018. Aside from James, the Purple and Gold made bold roster moves by adding veterans like Rajon Rondo and JaVale McGee. However, their offseason acquisitions were not enough to end their five-year playoff drought.

Los Angeles recently announced that they are already shutting down James for the remainder of the 2018-19 NBA campaign. The Lakers are expected to make roster changes, and possibly coaching changes in the offseason. They will have enough cap room to add another superstar to their roster this summer.