{"id":25567,"date":"2025-06-29T22:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/25567\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T22:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:25:09","slug":"los-angeles-lakers-target-same-free-agent-as-san-antonio-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/25567\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers Target Same Free Agent as San Antonio Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Lakers Target Same Free Agent as San Antonio Spurs<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Entering the 2025 NBA offseason, the San Antonio Spurs had three things they needed to address. First, they needed to pick Dylan Harper with the second overall pick. Check.<\/p>\n

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Second and third, they needed to add a 3-point threat who can defend to round out their wing rotation, and they needed to add a backup center. The Spurs were expected to do one in the draft and the other in free agency.<\/p>\n

With the arrival of Carter Bryant, the Spurs have their 3-and-D wing with a high upside, and will turn to the open market to add a center. Candidates like Brook Lopez, Clint Capela, and even Guerschon Yabusele have been floated, although Lopez, with his shot-blocking and floor-spacing prowess, seems like the best option.<\/p>\n

However, the Spurs aren’t the only team interested in him.<\/p>\n

“Numerous rival teams are bracing for the center-craving Los Angeles Lakers to make a run at luring Lopez away from the Bucks,” reported NBA insider Jake Fischer<\/a>. “Even if the Lakers plan to address their center void by pursuing Atlanta’s Clint Capela instead or perhaps a target not as frequently discussed, there is a growing belief Lopez will indeed be on the move next week.”<\/p>\n

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While the Spurs can offer more money, LA is a massive media market, boasts stars like Luka Doncic and LeBron James, and the Lakers might be able to offer him more minutes.<\/p>\n

In San Antonio, Lopez would be Victor Wembanyama’s backup. In Los Angeles, he would start, and on a title-worthy team, that’s hard to pass up.<\/p>\n

Lopez is far from the only center on the free agent market, although in a bidding war, expect the Silver and Black to fall short.<\/p>\n

Check out the Inside the Spurs home page<\/a> for more news, analysis, and must-read articles.<\/p>\n

Related: San Antonio Spurs Rookies Reveal Plans for Summer League<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Related: Why San Antonio Spurs’ Draft Pick Carter Bryant is Excited to Go to Texas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 29, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers Target Same Free Agent as San Antonio Spurs originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Entering the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,5356,22723,20540,11433,20539,12549,22724,22722,3363,224,3141,3365,7202,3138,7203,358,22721,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,4714],"class_list":{"0":"post-25567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-atlanta","10":"tag-backup-center","11":"tag-brook-lopez","12":"tag-carter-bryant","13":"tag-clint-capela","14":"tag-dylan-harper","15":"tag-guerschon-yabusele","16":"tag-jake-fischer","17":"tag-lebron-james","18":"tag-los-angeles","19":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","20":"tag-luka-doncic","21":"tag-san-antonio","22":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","23":"tag-sanantonio","24":"tag-texas","25":"tag-the-spurs","26":"tag-tx","27":"tag-united-states","28":"tag-united-states-of-america","29":"tag-unitedstates","30":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","31":"tag-us","32":"tag-usa","33":"tag-victor-wembanyama"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114769004020071501","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}