Coby Karl, the son of Nuggets coach George Karl, signed a free-agent contract with the Los Angeles Lakers according to The Riverside Press-Enterprise in California.

Karl, a 6-4 guard from Boise State, will play on the Lakers' summer league team in Las Vegas.

Karl had surgery to remove cancerous lymph nodes from his throat on April 2. It was his second bout with cancer in a little more than year. He is doing fine now.