It’s been a quiet offseason for the Los Angeles Lakers as they did not make any significant changes to their roster, only bringing in draft picks Dalton Knecht and Bronny James to replace free agents Taurean Prince and Spencer Dinwiddie.

They did make a change at head coach though, bringing in JJ Redick to replace Darvin Ham. And one thing that Redick made clear as soon as he took the job was that the

Christian Wood and Jaxson Hayes are both back for another year but neither of them have the size to hang with some of the bigger centers. To make matters worse, Christian Wood and will miss the start of the season.

That only increased the Lakers’ need to bring in another center, and it appears they finally have done so. The Lakers were  and now according to Shams Charania of The Athletic, they have signed him to a deal:

Accordingn to Dan Woike of the L.A. Times, Koloko is signing a two-way contract so the Lakers will need to waive one of Colin Castleton, Blake Hinson or Armel Traore:

Koloko is a former second round pick of the Toronto Raptors in 2022 out of Arizona. He was waived by the Raptors in Jan. 2024 after being put into NBA’s Fitness-to-Play panel due to a career-threatening blood clot issue. Teams weren’t able to sign him until he was medically cleared to play, which now looks to be taking place.

In 58 career NBA games, Koloko has averaged 3.1 points and 2.9 rebounds in a limited 13.8 minutes per game.

The Cameroon native moved to the Los Angeles area in 2017 and played his high school ball at Birmingham and Sierra Canyon, so this is a bit of a homecoming for seven-footer.

Lakers star Anthony Davis maintains desire to play alongside center

One person who is happy to see the Lakers acquire another big man in Christian Koloko is Anthony Davis as recent reports

Koloko is a rim-protector that would allow Davis to roam, which is when the superstar is at his best defensively.