Despite having a very strong free agency period thus far, the Los Angeles Lakers still need help with the center position.
Once they make peace with D’Angelo Russell, Austin Reaves, Rui Hachimura, Taurean Prince, Cam Reddish, Gabe Vincent, and Jaxson Hayes, they He had the intention to add another center to their list. Mo Bamba, a 7-footer traded in February, was mentioned as a re-signing possibility, however He will head now To the Philadelphia 76ers.
One of the candidates for the quarterback position in relation to the Lakers, according to Jake Weinbach, is Christian Wood.
Wood doesn’t have a huge defensive presence and, at 6-foot-9 and 214 pounds, seems undersized defensively against elite centers like Nikola Jokic. But he can certainly score and strike from the outside.
Over the past three seasons, Wood has put up 18.1 points a game while shooting 50.9 percent overall and 38.1 percent from 3-point range.