Everyone knows the Los Angeles Lakers are in the market for a backup center who will offer them more rebounding, defense and physicality than Jaxson Hayes and Christian Koloko, their current backups at that position, are capable of providing. It is something they have been looking for going back to at least last season.
While they have been linked to Jonas Valanciunas and Walker Kessler for some time, there was a recent rumor that they were looking into acquiring Nick Richards from the Charlotte Hornets.
But on Wednesday, the Phoenix Suns beat the Lakers to the punch by agreeing to acquire Richards and a second-round draft pick for wing Josh Okogie and three second-round picks.