Associated Press

Kendall Marshall tries to drive by Toronto’s DeAndre Daniels during an NBA summer league game July 11 in Las Vegas. 

ESPN reported Saturday that former Los Angeles Lakers guard Kendall Marshall will be claimed off waivers by the Milwaukee Bucks. 

The former North Carolina player would be the latest backcourt addition for the Bucks, who earlier this week agreed on a two-year contract with free-agent guard Jerryd Bayless. 

The 22-year-old Marshall was waived by the Lakers on Friday.  If the Lakers had picked up their team option on him they would have owed him $915,000 next season. 

Marshall played well for the Lakers last season, averaging 8.0 points and 8.8 assists in 54 games, including 45 starts.  He played 29 minutes per game for Los Angeles after playing sparingly as a rookie with the Phoenix Suns in the 2012-'13 season. 

He was with the Lakers summer league team in Las Vegas during the past week before being waived.  The Lakers have veteran Steve Nash, Jeremy Lin and second-round pick Jordan Clarkson at the point guard position. 

Marshall was the 13th overall pick by the Suns in the 2012 draft, taken one spot before his North Carolina teammate John Henson, who went 14th to the Bucks.