Latest Injury Update on Center Maxi Kleber Could Change Everything For Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers continue to push forward as they get ready for the postseason. This team has found different ways to win and many see them as real contenders in the Western Conference this season.

The biggest weakness with the Lakers is at the center position as they are fairly thin in the frontcourt. But Los Angeles has managed nicely without a true legitimate starting center option.

However, it seems that the Lakers' fortune could be changing as we get closer to the postseason. According to NBA insider Jovan Buha of The Athletic, center Maxi Kleber could return to the lineup before the end of the regular season.

"I've heard that there is some optimism that a return before the end of the regular season is possible," Buha said at the one-hour mark of Saturday's Buha's Block.

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