One question surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers’ chances of winning the NBA championship next season is their frontcourt rotation.
This season, Anthony Davis played almost exclusively at the 5, and when he was healthy, he played extremely well most of the time. But when L.A. was swept in the Western Conference finals by the Denver Nuggets, it became clear it may be better off having someone other than him guard Nikola Jokic.
Since the road to the NBA Finals in the West will likely run through the Nuggets for the foreseeable future, the Lakers could use a true center or two. That would allow Davis to return to the power forward position, where he played a good chunk of his minutes when they won it all in 2020.
Could the Lakers turn to the 2023 NBA draft to snag a big man with potential? They recently worked out an interesting one named Oscar Tshiebwe from the University of Kentucky.