In light of the Los Angeles Lakers' frontcourt depth problems, insider Jovan Buha revealed the team explored adding Isaiah Stewart in the summer. Stewart himself anticipated landing in LA before being dealt to the Memphis Grizzlies, where he is now enjoying an efficient campaign.
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Los Angeles Lakers have started the season quite successfully, but a hole at their backup center spot has emerged with Kevon Looney underperforming in the role.
According to Lakers insider Jovan Buha, a move for Memphis Grizzlies center Isaiah Stewart had a lot of potential for the Los Angeles team, but Buha himself insisted that he would've served well only in a backup role.
"I had heard about, like, intel at the time that Stewart was potentially going to be a Laker, and I was on board with that as long as it wasn't the starting spot," the insider said on the Buha's Block podcast.
"Like like as long as he wasn't the Kessler replacement, I was I was cool with it, which I'd heard a couple of different versions of that. But I would have liked Isaiah Stewart as a Laker."
Stewart expected Lakers move before landing in Memphis
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Before being traded to the Grizzlies from the Detroit Pistons, Stewart believed he would land with the Lakers or the Washington Wizards when his agent called him about a trade.
"I got a call from my agent, and he's thinking it's maybe the Wizards or the Lakers, and called me back a couple minutes later and said Trajan called, and he got a deal from Memphis that he can't turn down," Steward said in an interview with Marc Spears of Andscape.
He is averaging 11.9 points and 3.4 rebounds for Memphis, while shooting 66.7% from the field and 57.1% from three-point range in around 18 minutes per contest.
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