Lakers could sign Luka Doncic’s longtime former teammate

The Los Angeles Lakers could be bringing another one of Luka Doncic’s old Dallas buddies.

Veteran NBA big man Dwight Powell may potentially be an option for the Lakers in free agency, Khobi Price of The California Post reported on Monday. Price notes that the Lakers still have a need on their roster when it comes to big man depth.

Powell, 35, is a 6-foot-10 big who spent the last 12 seasons with the Dallas Mavericks. There he was teammates with the Lakers superstar Doncic for six-and-a-half seasons from 2018-25 (prior to Doncic getting traded to L.A.).

Price notes that Powell has played the most career games alongside Doncic of any player in the NBA (with 389 total appearances as Doncic’s teammate). Powell also remains unsigned this offseason as an unrestricted free agent.

Of course, Powell is not exactly an exciting player to say the least. He only averaged 3.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per game last season for the Mavericks and has barely been a viable rotation piece for the last several years now.

But the Lakers do still need some more size behind offseason additions Walker Kessler, Kevon Looney, and Sandro Mamukelashvili. They also recently missed out on free agent target Jonathan Kuminga, leaving the Lakers to explore some other interesting potential signings as well.