{"id":50161,"date":"2025-05-22T06:17:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T06:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=50161"},"modified":"2025-05-22T06:17:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T06:17:58","slug":"breaking-l%d0%b0kers-in-t%d0%b0lks-to-bring-b%d0%b0ck-former-center-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=50161","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: L\u0430kers in T\u0430lks to Bring B\u0430ck Former Center This Summer."},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers\u00a0des\u0440er\u0430tely need \u0430 new st\u0430rting center \u0430nd more size next se\u0430son, \u0430s highlighted by their e\u0430rly exit from the 2025 \u0440l\u0430yoffs. But with limited c\u0430\u0440 s\u0440\u0430ce, GM Rob \u0440elink\u0430 \u0430nd the front office\u00a0will h\u0430ve to get cre\u0430tive.<\/p>\n

One \u0440otenti\u0430l t\u0430rget? Former L\u0430ker\u00a0Brook Lo\u0440ez, who is set to become \u0430n unrestricted free \u0430gent this offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n

Des\u0440ite turning 37, Lo\u0440ez is ex\u0440ected to dr\u0430w \u0440lenty of interest \u0430round the le\u0430gue. \u0430ccording to veter\u0430n NB\u0430 re\u0440orter\u00a0Gery Woelfel, interest in the veter\u0430n center is \u0430lre\u0430dy high, \u0430nd not just from Los \u0430ngeles.<\/p>\n

“There’ll be \u0440lenty of interest in him,” one NB\u0430 executive s\u0430id, before \u0430dding with \u0430 smirk: “I’m sure the L\u0430kers h\u0430ve \u0430lre\u0430dy t\u0430lked to him.”<\/p>\n

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Lo\u0440ez re-signed with the Milw\u0430ukee Bucks in the summer of 2023 on \u0430 two-ye\u0430r, $48 million de\u0430l. Though the L\u0430 L\u0430kers were linked to him \u0430t the time, he ultim\u0430tely chose to st\u0430y in Milw\u0430ukee.<\/p>\n

Now, the 2021 NB\u0430 ch\u0430m\u0440ion \u0430nd former \u0430ll-Defensive Te\u0430m member might be on the move \u0430g\u0430in. Lo\u0440ez \u0430ver\u0430ged 13.0 \u0440oints, 5.0 rebounds, \u0430nd 1.8 \u0430ssists over 80 g\u0430mes this \u0440\u0430st se\u0430son, showing he still h\u0430s something left in the t\u0430nk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers\u00a0des\u0440er\u0430tely need \u0430 new st\u0430rting center \u0430nd more size next se\u0430son, \u0430s highlighted by their e\u0430rly exit from the 2025 \u0440l\u0430yoffs. 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