NBA Free Agency: 5 centers the Los Angeles Lakers should target this offseason

#3 Alex Len

Phoenix Suns v Orlando Magic

To try and construe Alex Len's career as anything but a disappointment thus far would be to lie through one's teeth. The Ukrainian center was selected by the Phoenix Suns with the #5 pick overall in the 2013 draft and has done nothing noteworthy in a 5-year NBA career spent coming off the bench.

The Lakers, however, are desperately short of players in their frontcourt. Given that Len has been a plus defender in the last 4 seasons, he projects as at least an average rim protector. An old-school center who doesn't have a shooting range anywhere further than the paint area, Len has the nous, however, to not demand touches from elsewhere on the court.

He could still serve as an adequate roll man alongside the Lakers' stable of playmaking talent and turn the narrative of his career around.