The big move made by the Los Angeles Lakers in the buyout market last season was bringing in center Andre Drummond to shore up the team’s big man rotation. The chemistry was never able quite to be developed due to the constant injuries, but it wouldn’t have been a stretch to see Drummond return to the Lakers in hopes of finishing off what they started last season.
But after the first day of free agency, it began to look less likely that Drummond would make a return to the purple and gold. First, the team agreed to a deal to bring back Dwight Howard, and then following Spain’s loss to Team USA in the Olympics, Marc Gasol confirmed that he would be returning to finish out the last year of his contract.