The Los Angeles Lakers continue their trek to building a team full of names that would’ve rocked our worlds years ago. This time around, they’ve been linked to big man Kenneth Faried. Faried was last a member of the Portland Trail Blazers Summer League squad this year.
The Athletics Jovan Buha first reported the news:
Free agent big man Kenneth Faried is working out for the Lakers this week, a league source told @TheAthleticNBA.
— Jovan Buha (@jovanbuha) September 13, 2021
Faried was last in the league during the 2018-19 NBA season. He played 25 games with the Houston Rockets. Faried averaged 24.4 minutes and put up 12.9 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.
Faried and Anthony Davis were members of the 2014 Team USA World Cup team. He also shares an agent with Rajon Rondo at BDA Sports Management —Bill Duffy.