The Lakers have exhausted so many options at the center position this season. Due to multiple injuries to Anthony Davis, the Lakers have had to go away from Plan A this season and have yet to find a reliable Plan B.
Dwight Howard and DeAndre Jordan both have proven, to varying degrees, that they are well past their primes and can’t produce regularly anymore. The team has tried smallball approaches, using Carmelo Anthony and Trevor Ariza to, again, varying levels of effectiveness.
The LeBron James smallball approach has produced great benefits at times this season but isn’t a viable long-term approach, at least over the course of an entire game.