When Rob Pelinka spoke during Las Vegas Summer League about how the Lakers wanted to play more two-big lineups this season, it was easy to read his comments as not just praise of Jaxson Hayes, but a recruiting pitch to two different seven-footers: Anthony Davis (who the Lakers still wanted to extend in the weeks to come, and has long preferred to play alongside another big man) and Christian Wood (who was looking for a role to set him up for a hoped-for payday next summer).
In the wake of both signing on the dotted line, though, it sounds like those lineups won't necessarily be the Lakers' first priority.