'It's something that is going to take some time': Why the Andre Drummond experiment never got off the ground

Although only a Laker for 21 games, Andre Drummond quickly became one of the team's most polarizing players.Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images. Back in November, the Lakers signed their presumable starting center for the next two seasons in veteran big man, Marc Gasol. The Spaniard was a departure from the team's previous center rotation in that he was not the lob target or shot blocker that JaVale McGee and Dwight Howard were, but rather, a stout positional defender with the ability to both space the floor and facilitate for others.