"Free agent center Clint Capela has agreed to a three-year, $21.5 million deal with the Houston Rockets, sources tell ESPN," Shams Charania of ESPN reported via X. "Major front-court addition -- and return to Houston for Capela."

With their need for a center and two superstars on different timelines, the Lakers are getting lots of attention — and understandably so.

According to NBA insider Jake Fischer, rival teams are expecting to see the Lakers pursue Lopez when free agency opens. Even if Los Angeles does not sign him, there is a very good chance that he will sign somewhere other than with the Milwaukee Bucks, where he has played the last seven years.