Most people headed into this offseason predicting that Brook Lopez would eventually re-sign with the Los Angeles Lakers in free agency.
Once the market dried up all around him, that assumption felt all the more inevitable. Sure, the signings after LeBron James were head-scratchers, but there’s no way Magic Johnson, Rob Pelinka and the rest of the front office would be okay with JaVale McGee and Ivica Zubac as the primary centers on the roster.
Welp.
Narrator: The Los Angeles Lakers are heading into next season with either JaVale McGee or Ivica Zubac as their starting center.