With Anthony Davis now gone, the Los Angeles Lakers are left with Jaxson Hayes as their lone healthy full-time center on the roster.
Christian Wood has been out the whole season with a knee injury while Christian Koloko and Trey Jemison III are backup options on two-way contracts and thus limited to a certain amount of games. Hayes, meanwhile, has been acting as the starting center though he is several multitudes lower as a player than someone like Davis.
While Hayes might not be the same caliber of player, he’ll greatly benefit from playing alongside Luka Doncic who he noted was excited to work with.