Lakers’ trade for Walker Kessler worth steep price — and needed to happen

Source: New York Post

In light of the Lakers’ 35-minute free-agency splurge Wednesday morning, which netted them Quentin Grimes, Sandro Mamukelashvili and Collin Sexton, and the dissection of each of those agreements, what can’t be overlooked is how the Lakers kicked it all off by filling their biggest need. The Lakers agreed to a blockbuster trade with the Jazz that’ll land them restricted free-agent center Walker Kessler, ending a multiyear saga of attempting to bring the 7-foot-2, 245-pound Kessler to Los Angeles.   3 The price to acquire center Walker Kessler (right) from the Jazz was steep, but the Lakers needed to make it happen.