The Los Angeles Lakers will not have a center under contract once the 2016-17 salary cap year begins on July 1, so they will look at several free agent targets once we get to that point. According to Sean Deveney of Sporting News, a source claims the Lakers have "interest" in Golden State Warriors restricted free agent Festus Ezeli.

This could be a good fit with Warriors assistant coach Luke Walton taking over the Lakers' head coach job once Golden State's season is over. Ezeli has shown a lot of potential over his four years in the NBA and he could increase that production if he stayed healthy. Ezeli has dealt with knee issues during his time in the NBA and this season he could only play in 46 games. Out of 328 regular season games over the last four years, Ezeili has played in 170 of them.

According to Deveney, an offer sheet that will likely be too high for the Warriors to match is about $50 million over three years.

“Obviously there are health issues you’re worried about,” one general manager said. "So I don’t think you’d want to go beyond three years. But he still has a lot of upside and he can get better in a bigger role."

Ezeli averaged 16.7 minutes, 7.0 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.1 blocks this season.