Lakers Predicted to Make Major Offseason Roster Upgrade After $10 Billion Sale: Report

Still, the Lakers were exposed in the West playoffs, falling to the lower-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves in a five-game first round series.

During a recent appearance on ESPN's "Get Up" morning show, NBA insider Brian Windhorst (hat tip to @LakersBetter) revealed that Los Angeles is expected to make a huge personnel change following the Buss family's reported $10 billion sale of the franchise to Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter.

“The market right now doesn’t look super available for centers, but things are going to be changing over the next couple of weeks, and I do expect them, at some point, to make a significant move," Windhorst said. "They have some ammunition, both in tradeable contracts and draft capital—capital that they used to try to get Mark Williams until they rescinded that trade back in February. So they’ve shown interest in trying to be aggressive.”

Beyond Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner, currently starring in the NBA Finals, the free agent centers available are all somewhat limited. Players like Brook Lopez and Clint Capela could likely be had for the non-taxpayer's mid-level exception.

Los Angeles has slowly rebuilt its draft equity now, and to Windhorst's point boasts multiple movable mid-tier contracts (plus one intriguing young player in 2024-25 rookie wing Dalton Knecht, who was a key piece in the scuttled Williams deal with the Charlotte Hornets) it could attach in a deal for a seasoned center. The Lakers need to shore up their frontcourt, especially defensively, if they hope to compete against the Oklahoma City Thunders and Denver Nuggets of the world.