Lakers Preparing to Meet With Celtics NBA Champion

With the Boston Celtics now under the NBA's second tax apron, their next priority is keeping their free agent big men Al Horford and Luke Kornet. It could be tricky for them to keep either of them, let alone both, as they will likely have markets.

That could include the possibility of either joining the Los Angeles Lakers, who need a center. A fair number of Celtics players have migrated to the Lakers before and vice versa, like Rajon Rondo, Rick Fox, and Dennis Schroder. Not many have gone straight from Boston to Los Angeles, though.

One of the Lakers' biggest issues in the postseason was their frontcourt because they failed to replace Anthony Davis when they traded him for Luka Doncic. As it turns out, they have interest in one of the Celtics' bigs.