Boston Celtics: Ranking the best potential offseason suitors for Serge Ibaka

1. Los Angeles Lakers

The best possible Serge Ibaka landing spot is one that already has an interest in him:

"The Los Angeles Lakers will reportedly target Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka in free agency this offseason, per Sean Deveney of Heavy. An NBA general manager told Deveney that Ibaka “is exactly the kind of combo big guy that team needs.” He continued: “They have had interest in him before and they will again. When he is healthy he is an excellent spot starter at the 5 (center) and the 4 (power forward). He is as good a bench big guy as there is in the league. He was a really credible 3-point threat last year. If he is willing to accept what the Lakers can afford to give him, I know they would want him.”"

Unfortunately for the Boston Celtics, the Lakers are the one team that can offer him a better chance of winning an NBA Championship. While the unnamed NBA general manager that commented on Ibaka’s free agency mentions a bench role in Los Angeles, it is possible Ibaka’s 3-and-D abilities from the center position can afford him chances to space the floor as the team’s starter in a LeBron James-led lineup.

After years of being tormented by the “king” in “LeBronto”, Ibaka can join forces with the man that blocked his championship in 2012 and left the east in 2018 to facilitate his title win in 2019.