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

#1 Greg Monroe

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Greg Monroe's 2017-18 season was a tumultuous one by any standards. The 28-year-old is an old dog still learning new tricks in a league that has moved long past the old-school post play that he specializes in. While still a porous defender, Monroe can be used effectively as a center at crucial junctures of games as Brad Stevens has demonstrated over the course of the past season.

Monroe is an efficient player on offense, and still has the athleticism and foot speed to play in an up-tempo brand of basketball that a Lakers team with so much youth played last year. Crucially, though, he brings the one skill the Lakers' frontcourt lacks - rebounding and the ability to play consistently from start to finish.

Monroe did no harm to his value as a free agent last season and will be worth a shot as a signing at the mid-level exception.