In fact, ClutchPoints' Bailey Bassett recently asserted that the Lakers should look into a certain unrestricted free agent backup big from the Eastern Conference to shore up their frontcourt rotation under second-year head coach JJ Redick.

The Los Angeles Lakers have looked like a relatively more complete team with the addition of Deandre Ayton in free agency. As the players and the executives display contentment with the moves made, it is abundantly clear that the team needs reinforcements to be considered legitimate title contenders.

Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka knows that new starting center Deandre Ayton can considerably raise his team's ceiling.