Ayton, who is represented by Bill Duffy and Nima Namakian, will undoubtedly be linked with the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers are searching for an upgrade at center and Ayton shares the same agent as Luka Doncic in Duffy. The Lakers could use the full non-taxpayer midlevel exception to sign Ayton following the decision by Dorian Finney-Smith to not exercise his player option.