Even before Anthony Davis went down with an injury, the Lakers were a team thin on bigs. While they signed a pair of centers in Thomas Bryant and Damian Jones, the former was injured to start the season and the latter has not lived up to the expectations of even a veteran’s minimum deal.
Davis’ injury, though, adds even more need to improve in the interior. While Wenyen Gabriel has continued to be a viable energy big man, he’s also dealt with injury and is still an undersized big.
The result of all that is the Lakers not having many viable big men in the short-term and potentially for much longer depending on the final diagnosis of Davis’ injury.