Lakers News: Front Office Exec Thinks LA Should Sign All-NBA Free Agent

The Lakers still have two open roster spots heading into the season.

When free agency opened on July 1st this summer, your Los Angeles Lakers' front office, led by team president Rob Pelinka, acted swiftly to re-sign some of the team's most imperative incumbent free agents, and moved almost as quickly to sign some key new additions, most notably ex-Miami Heat point guard Gabe Vincent and former Minnesota Timberwolves forward Taurean Prince.

LA still has two open spots on its standard 15-man roster which it can use to shore up its reserve depth. The club 

The Lakers are reportedly in the market for some frontcourt help. Thus far, the team has added former Pelicans center Jaxson Hayes, while letting its own free agent big men Mo Bamba and Wenyen Gabriel walk. Gabriel is still a free agent, so he technically could be re-signed by Los Angeles, but presumably the team is less-than-interested in bringing him back if it hasn't already.

While sharpshooting Dallas Mavericks power forward/center Christian Wood has been floated as a possibility, one anonymous league executive informed NBA Analysis Network that former six-time All-Star power forward Blake Griffin, most recently with the Boston Celtics, would be worth a look.

“‘Blake Griffin is still out there and I think his best fit is the Lakers,’ the NBA exec said. ‘He would be a perfect depth addition for L.A.'”

Griffin rarely played with Boston, and was on the outside of the club's rotation looking in by the time the Celtics reached the 2023 playoffs. Across just 41 games, the 6'9" big man posted scant averages of 4.1 points and 3.8 rebounds across 13.9 minutes per contest in 2022-23.

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