Stop me if you've heard this before: The Los Angeles Lakers are perfectly positioned to acquire one of the best young big men in the NBA. Though not nearly as prolific as the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Pau Gasol, or Shaquille O'Neal, longtime Lakers trade target Walker Kessler is suddenly a viable player to pursue.
Kessler and the Utah Jazz took part in Media Day on Monday, Sep. 29, and the 24-year-old provided an update on his contract year that Los Angeles should be giddy to hear.
Kessler is entering the final season of the rookie-scale contract he signed after going No.