If early reports hold true, the Los Angeles Lakers are going to need to essentially recreate the structure of the Mark Williams trade to add a starting center. It's an unfortunate development, but the Lakers have seemingly been backed into yet another corner.
The upside is that the potentially required cost of doing business is technically affordable, but the downside is that it could cost one of Lakers fans' favorite players.
Los Angeles thought it'd found its franchise center in February when it landed Mark Williams in a deal with the Charlotte Hornets. That trade infamously fell through, however, and the Lakers have thus found themselves facing the potential need to repeat history.
According to Dan Woike of The Los Angeles Times, rival executives believe the Lakers' best assets are Dalton Knecht, their 2031 first-round draft pick, and a group of expiring contracts.
