Non-NBA Team Will ‘Try Everything’ to Poach Lakers Big Man

The Los Angeles Lakers have a 2-2 record at this point of the first round. There are so many rumors related to the team. Anthony Davis sustained an injury and he will have to miss some time. As if this wasn’t enough, the Lakers may soon lose their big man.

Marc Gasol didn’t have the best time in LA. The franchise traded away JaVale McGee in the offseason to make room for the Spaniard. Gasol didn’t provide many points and the Lakers signed Andre Drummond.

Gasol wasn’t really happy with Drummond’s signing. He may soon go somewhere else. FC Barselona General Manager Juan Carlos Navarro may get Gasol.

The Lakers big man to leave the team

Gasol has provided inconsistent performance in the last few weeks. AD is injured. Drummond will be the starting center for the team. Head coach Frank Vogel will find the best ways to use his big man. Losing Davis will give the team a few issues, but Gasol is confident about the team.

“Obviously you miss a guy like AD, you center a lot of the offense around him, but I’m sorry, to me that’s not enough,” Gasol said after Sunday’s loss, via Silver Screen & Roll. “To me we have to have a ‘next man up mentality.’ I know that sounds cliche, but that’s the truth. We’ve still got to execute whatever we’re doing on the floor defensively, offensively, take more control of the game, dominate physically, communicate. All the little things that go by, possession by possession, that you need to do to win playoff games.”

Will the Lakers go home in Davis’ absence? The team is packed with talent, and talented players will take LA to the top.

“There’s plenty of confidence that we can win without AD, that’s not even a question for anybody in the locker room,” Gasol said. “Obviously you lose him in the game, that can kind of get your mind off track a little bit for some people. It shouldn’t though. I don’t know if that was the case to be honest… But we’ve just got to keep playing. It’s as simple as that.”