According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Los Angeles Lakers are making a ‘serious run’ at center Timofey Mozgov.
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The Los Angeles Lakers are being shut out from name free agents, but they’re going to try their hardest to improve their team in free agency.
One position of need for the Lakers is a center to play next to Julius Randle. The team has plenty of talent up front, but they need a center that can play a lot of minutes on the floor and put together quality ones at that.
Well it appears that they are locked in on a target. According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Lakers are making a run at Timofey Mozgov.
The Lakers are making a serious run at Cleveland free agent center Timofey Mozgov, league sources tell @TheVertical.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 1, 2016
Mozgov is coming off of a championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers, in which he saw limited minutes after making a big impact in his first year in the league.
It will be interesting to see how much the Lakers try to throw at a guy like Mozgov, but it’s interesting that he was their first choice. Still, he has shown to be a productive center in this league and they must like his fit to go after him.
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